STATUTE OF TARAIn bronze with a dark patina, represented sitting in lalitasana on a lotiform openwork base, hands in vitarkamudra, a lotus blossoming along its left flank, dressed in a fine dhoti and shoulders covered with a scarf, the serene face with the forehead centered in the colored stone urna, the hair coiffed in a high bun, adorned with a finial tiara and jewelryReseal Nepal, late 19th centuryA BRONZE FIGURE, NEPAL, LATE 19TH CENTURY. UP. 18.7 CM (7 3/8 IN.)