108. A SMALL GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF TARA Nepal, 14th/15th century Himalayan Art Resources item no. 2871 Tara, Mother of all Buddhas, seated in the poise of royal ease, leaning her well-proportioned body slightly to the right, gently swaying to one side, extending her right arm in the gesture of charity while resting her pendant right foot on a small lotus emerging from the double lotus base, the body dressed in a fine dhoti, wearing the ornaments of a goddess including a triple strand necklace, her face with a gentle countenance beneath a tri-lobed crown with central medallion encompassed in a crescent moon with inlaid semi-precious stones. 12 cm (4 3/4 in.) high Provenance: Property from a European Family Collection