A GILT-COPPER PLAQUE OF SYAMATARA

Description:

Nepal, 13th cent.
H. 9,7 cm
Seated in lalitasana on a lotus base with her right hand lowered in the varadamudra while the left is raised in the vitarka gesture, wearing sari fastened around her waist with a belt, bejewelled, her face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, elongated earlobes with ear ornaments, her hair combed in a chignon and secured with a tiara.
Southern German private collection - Wear, traces of age, partly chipped