A MONGOLIAN PAINTED GILT METAL MODEL OF TARA

19TH CENTURY

Seated on a double lotus base with her right foot resting on a lotus seed pod, adorned with ribbons and with two elaborate detachable flower garlands, her tall headdress with five petals and coloured jewels, 20cm.

Provenance: formerly in the collection of Alice Kandell and Phil Rudko, New York.