TIBET, 18TH CENTURY

Known as the “White Parasol Goddess,” this depiction of Sitatapatra comes from a twenty-nine deity mandala configuration. Her main face is white, flanked by a red face and blue face, each of which has three eyes. She holds a parasol, wheel, hook and arrow in her right hands, and in her left, a victory banner, vajra, lasso and bow. The thirty-one deities that surround her are from the mandala configuration, with Tsongkhapa at top center, and the female protector deity Shri Devi Magzor Gyalmo at bottom center. For an exquisite figure of Shri Devi Magzor Gyalmo, also known as Palden Lhamo, see lot 4022.