A BRONZE STATUE OF SYAMATARA

Description:

Tibet, late 18th century
H. 19 cm, B. 12,5 cm
Seated in lalitasana on a lotus pedestal, with her right foot resting on a smaller lotus emerging from the main pedestal, her right hand forming the varadamudra whilst her left forms the vitarkamudra; the hands originally held stems of lotus flowers blooming along her arms; she is wearing a sari and is adorned with jewellery; her pale-gilded face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes beneath arched eyebrows, painted facial features, her blue hair combed into a chignon and secured with a tiara adorned with a pair of floating ribbons, unsealed.
Private collection from the Old South of Germany - blossoms near the shoulders missing, minor wear