AN UNUSUAL BRONZE FIGURE OF SITATARA, Tibet, 17th/18th ct., seated in vajrasana on a separate cast lotus base with both hands holding stems of lotuses flowering along her upper shoulders, wearing sari, bejewelled, her face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, third eye, her hair combed in two looped rings and decorated with swaying tassels, unsealed - Property from an important German private collection, bought from Berti Aschmann, Zürich 1999 - Attribute at the hairdress lost, very slightly chipped