SMALL GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A TARA MING DYNASTY, 15TH/16TH CENTURY seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base, the left hand held in varadamudra and the right raised to the chest in vitarkamudra, both arms supporting a lotus spray rising to the shoulders along the elbows, wearing a dhoti and a loose shawl over the shoulder, adorned with bejewelled necklaces around the waist and the chest, the face with a benevolent expression, crowned with a five-leaf tiara in front of a high chignon, with inlaid turquoise beads 12.8cm high