A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A TARA

Description:

Tibeto-Chinese, 18th c.
H. 6,8 cm
Seated in lalitasana on a lotus-base with the right foot supported by a smaller one, her right hand in abhayamudra while the left is raised in a form of vitarkamudra originally holding the stem of a lotus flowering along her left upper arm, wearing sari, scarf draped around her shoulders with its streamers encircling both arms, her face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, elongated earlobes with flower-shaped ear rings, her hair combed in a chignon topped with a ratna and secured with a tiara, unsealed.
From an old European private collection, acquired prior to 2000 - Very minor wear