A gilt copper alloy figure of Tara and a gilt copper alloy figure of Amitayus
Tibet and China, 18th/19th centuryThe figure of Tara cast seated in Lalitasana on a double-lotus throne, her left foot resting on a lotus blossom, her hands held in mudras before her bejewelled torso, her head adorned with a five-pointed tiara and left ungilded; the Amitayus smaller in size, also seated in padmasana on a double lotus throne, his hands gathered in his lap palms upwards. 17.8cm (8in) and 10.2cm (4in) high (2).