A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF TARA TIBET, 15TH CENTURY

cast seated in lalitasana on a double lotus base, the right hand lowered in varadamudra and the left hand raised to the chest, holding leafy stems of uptala lotuses rising above the shoulders, dressed in a dhoti embellished with beaded jewellery, crowned with a tiara in front of the high chignon; together with a gilt-bronze figure of Tara riding a goose, 17th/18th century

The figure of seated Tara: sealed, with losses to semi-precious stones to jewellery and tiara. Dents to edges and wear and scratching to gilding. The figure of Tara on a goose: some of the semi-precious stones lost and others possibly replaced. General wear to gilding.
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