A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SYAMATARA, NEPAL, 18th ct., seated in lalitasana on a lotus base with her right hand lowered in varadamudra while the left is raised in vitarkamudra holding the stem of a lotus flowering along her left upper arm, wearing sari, caped draped around her shoulders, bejewelled, her face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, urna, her hair combed in a chignon set to the front with a tiara and a flaming mandorla behind, resealed - Property from an old South German private collection - Mandorla with repair, wear, very slightly chipped