Extremely rare gilt bronze figure of dancing Tara
dancing in pratyalidhasana and balancing on the left foot atop a crescent moon the right foot raised with the sole of the foot exposed, with eight arms, the principle hands holding a vajra and ghanta, the auxillary hands folding a khadga sword, a blood-filled kapala, damaru drum, a khatvanga, and triratna flaming jewels on a slender stem, each of the four faces depicted with a third eye, the figure further adorned with panchamudra jewellery, her taut body bejewelled with beaded chains covering her chest and an elaborate beaded girdle suspending jewelled sashes worn over skirt, her shoulders further draped garland of severed human heads, On a single lotus pedestal, inscribed with a six-character reign mark
Dimension: 35 cm