A folk bronze figure of Saraswati, Eastern India, Bengal, 19th century

Sotheby's New York, 26th March 1998, lot 398.

The four-armed goddess is seated with her right leg crossed over her pendent left leg, wearing bracelets incised with foliate motifs, naga armbands, and a peaked diadem. Her hair is arranged in long strands with tresses falling onto her shoulders, her face with benign expression, almond-shaped eyes, straight nose, upturned mouth and a rounded chin.