A FINE AND RARE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF GREEN TARA

The Bodhisattva is meticulously cast with downcast eyes, the serene face framed by an ornate five-pointed tiara, the elongated earlobes embellished with floral earrings, a scarf falling in finely gathered folds over the shoulders and arms amongst armlets and further elaborate necklaces and jewelled dhoti covering the elegantly swaying torso and hips, the left hand held in front of the chest, the right hand held over the knee, the right leg stretched out in lalitasana and the left leg folded atop the crisply-cast double-lotus pedestal.