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TIBETO-CHINESE, 18TH CENTURY
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A Gilt Bronze Figure of Tara
Tibeto-Chinese, 18th Century
Seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base with her right hand lowered in varada mudra and her left raised in vitarka mudra, her dhoti falling in elegant folds tied with a sash at the waist, wearing a floral garland, beaded necklaces and bracelets and a scarf billowing around her arms, the face with a serene expression with aquiline nose beneath arched brows and foliate tiara, with tresses of hair falling down on both shoulders and flanked by flowerhead earrings, base sealed and incised with a double- vajra
9 in. (24.2 cm.) high
Tibeto-Chinese, 18th Century
Seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base with her right hand lowered in varada mudra and her left raised in vitarka mudra, her dhoti falling in elegant folds tied with a sash at the waist, wearing a floral garland, beaded necklaces and bracelets and a scarf billowing around her arms, the face with a serene expression with aquiline nose beneath arched brows and foliate tiara, with tresses of hair falling down on both shoulders and flanked by flowerhead earrings, base sealed and incised with a double- vajra
9 in. (24.2 cm.) high