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Figure of goddess Tara, in gilt bronze and jewelled with turquoises, coral and lapis: Tibet, probably 19th century

Copper-gilt figure, possibly of the bodhisattva Manjushri with hands in shuni mudra, seated on a three-sided lotus throne: China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Xigaze Prefecture, Gyantse, Nanni Monastery, Tibetan, obtained in Naini monastery after occupation by Tibetan troops in July 1904, probably related to the British Expedition to Tibet, 1903 - 1904 (Younghusband Campaign), c. 19th century

Part of a two-part silver dress buckle in the Edinburgh Arts and Crafts style, with pierced interlacing scrolls terminating in stylised peacock-like birds, the four corners set with domed pieces of lapis: Scottish, Edinburgh, by J.M Talbot, 1902 - 1903

Part of a two-part silver dress buckle in the Edinburgh Arts and Crafts style, with pierced interlacing scrolls terminating in stylised peacock-like birds, the four corners set with domed pieces of lapis: Scottish, Edinburgh, by J.M Talbot, 1902 - 1903