A BRONZE FIGURE OF SITATARA

Description:

Tibet, ca. 15th c.
H. 16 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with her hands in the vitarkamudra, each holding a stem of a lotus flowering along her upper arms, the feet and hands incised with an eye, wearing sari, scarf draped around her shoulders, its streamers encircling her arms and the finials curling up, jewellery set with turquoise beads, her face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, third eye incised at her forehead, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with ear ornaments, her hairdo combed in a chignon and secured with a tiara, the reverse of the base incised with mantra’s, resealed
From a South German private collection, ascquired at Schottle Ostasiatica, Suttgart, 07.02.1972, invoice copy available upon request - Minor traces of age, slightly chipped, small break to lotus base