figure (ritual & belief: representations)

Goddess (painted clay). Seated in lotus posture on lotus throne, right hand raised in blessing (?), left hand in meditation mudra with a white object: flat fluted with a red spot, lying on the palm. Pink skin (features res. V. cf. White Tara 1846), with long blue hair; bareheaded, dressed in an orange robe trimmed with blue under a red coat trimmed with green and blue, green slippers with white soles. Two inscriptions. One in Tibetan reads:' ''brom ston.'
H:230 mm

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