A BRONZE FIGURE OF KUBERA AND ONE OF SITATARA

Description:

Tibet, ca. 18th c.
H. 10,6 - 13,2 cm
Kubera seated in rajalilasana on a lotus base with his right hand holding the lemon while the left is embracing his consort, wearing dhoti, scarf, bejewelled and his face displaying a serene expression; Sitatara is seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base with her right hand lowered in varadamudra, pair of lotuses flowering along her upper arms, wearing sari, bejewelled, her face displaying a serene expression and her hair combed in a chignon secured with a tiara, both unsealed.
Old Berlin private collection, assembled before 1950
Altersspuren, berieben