Bronze firegiltNepal, about 1850Dimensions: Height 19,5 cm Wide 20 cm Depth9 cmWeight: 1955 grams without baseThis is a pair of Buddha Vajradhara and a White Tara seated in unison on a large lotus flower base with beaded rim attached to a rectangular black plinth. Both are seated with legs crossed, dressed in long wavy robes and scarves hanging down from their shoulders and twisting around their arms. Vajradhara Buddha is holding vajras in his crossed hands in front of his chest. His head is bent towards the Tara and he is smiling with downcast eyes. He is adorned with lots of jewellery with various stone inlay. Diamond-shaped earrings decorate his elongated earlobes. He is also wearing a tiara and a flaming aureole frames his head. The White Tara is showing mudras, the right hand resting on her right knee and fingers pointing to the earth with the palm facing to the front, thumb touching index finger. The left hand is raised and also with thumb touching the index finger. Her bare chest is decorated with beaded jewellery and stones. Two lotus flowers are growing besides her. She is smiling with downcast eyes and arched eyebrows, floral ear pendants hang down from her elongated earlobes. Her head is also framed by a fiery aureole. The back of the statues is kept simple.