Sarasvati Copper Nepal

The goddess of knowledge and music, and the consort of Brahma, seated in lalitasana with her right foot resting on a lotus, a sutra held in her upper left hand, with her principal hands in the vina playing mudra, the body of the instrument now missing but the sound boxes remaining at the right lower leg and at the left shoulder, Sarasvati wearing sumptuous jewelry formerly inset with gems, the whole surface worn and pitted through ritual use.

For another Nepalese gilt copper Sarasvati, see Pal, 1974, fig. 240.