A BRONZE FIGURE OF SITATAPATTRA

Description:

Mongolia, 19th ct.
H. 12 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base with her right hand raised probably originally holding the parasol while the left is resting on her knee, wearing sari,, its border incised with scrolling tendrils, scarf draped around her shoulders, its streamers encircling her arms with the finials falling down the base, bejewelled, her hair combed in a chignon and secured with a five-leaf tiara decorated with a pair of floating ribbons.
Old South German private collection, assembled between 1960 and 2005
Wear to gilding, sealed