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seated in
lalitasana on a double lotus base with beaded edges, the right foot resting on a lotus flower rising from the base, the right hand lowered in
varadamudra and the left raised in
vitarkamudra, sprays of
uptala lotus stems rising from the elbows, wearing a
dhoti tied with a sash, and further adorned with beaded jewellery, the face with lowered gaze and benevolent smile, framed by a pair of pendulous earlobes with ornate earrings and a five-leaf tiara enclosing a high chignon, box
15.3 cm high
PROVENANCE
New York Asian Art Fair, March 2004
Mossgreen, Melbourne, 16 November 2015, lot 44
Private Collection, Sydney
OTHER NOTES
Compare with a figure of Tara dated to the 14th/15th century, from the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in
The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Buddhist Statues of Tibet, Hong Kong, 1995, p. 170, pl. 162