A BRONZE FIGURE OF SYAMATARA

Description:

Tibet, 14th century
H. 12 cm
Seated in lalitasana on a lotus base with her right foot resting on a smaller lotus flower issued by the main base, her right hand in varadamudra while the left is showing the vitarkamudra, both originally holding stems of lotuses flowering along her upper arms, wearing sari fastened around her waist with a sash, bejewelled, her face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into her nose-bridge, raised third eye at her forehead, elongated earlobes with ear ornaments, her hair combed in a chignon and secured with a tiara decorated with a pair of pattras and floating ribbons.
Old European private collection, assembled before 1990 by repute - Very minor wear and traces of age