Extremely rare gilt bronze dancing figure of Tara Pitti dancing in pratyalidhasana and balancing on the left foot atop a crescent moon emerging from the utpala flower, the right foot raised with the sole of the foot exposed, with eight arms, the principle hands holding a vajra and ghanta, the auxillary hands folding a khadga sword, a blood-filled kapala, damaru drum, a khatvanga, and triratna flaming jewels on a slender stem, each of the four faces depicted with a third eye, the figure further adorned with panchamudra jewellery, her taut body bejewelled with beaded chains covering her chest and an elaborate beaded girdle suspending jewelled sashes worn over a tiger-skin skirt, her shoulders further draped with a garland of severed human heads, all upon a single lotus pedestal, inscribed with a six-character reign mark, the base engraved with a vishvavajra Dimension: