An important bronze figure of Ushnishavijaya Central Tibet, circa 1200 The eight-armed goddess of Longevity seated in dhyanasana on a shaped plinth, holding a vishvavajra and a noose in her principal hands, her remaining radiating hands holding an image of Buddha Amitabha, an arrow, a bow and a vessel containing the Elixir of Immortality, wearing a long dhoti inlaid in silver and copper with bands of diamond-shaped florets within beaded borders, a multi-stranded necklace with pendent jewels and corresponding armbands and bracelets, her three distinct faces with neutral, benign, and ferocious expressions with eyes inlaid in silver and lips in copper, the third ferocious face with bared fangs and bulging eyes, all with disk earrings and surmounted by tiered crowns, the jewelry overall elaborately inlaid in silver and copper and inset with semi-precious stones 6.3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high
An important bronze figure of Ushnishavijaya Central Tibet, circa 1200 The eight-armed goddess of Longevity seated in dhyanasana on a shaped plinth, holding a vishvavajra and a noose in her principal hands, her remaining radiating hands holding an image of Buddha Amitabha, an arrow, a bow and a vessel containing the Elixir of Immortality, wearing a long dhoti inlaid in silver and copper with bands of diamond-shaped florets within beaded borders, a multi-stranded necklace with pendent jewels and corresponding armbands and bracelets, her three distinct faces with neutral, benign, and ferocious expressions with eyes inlaid in silver and lips in copper, the third ferocious face with bared fangs and bulging eyes, all with disk earrings and surmounted by tiered crowns, the jewelry overall elaborately inlaid in silver and copper and inset with semi-precious stones 6.3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high
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