A Rare Silver Figure of a Lama
A Rare Silver Figure of a Lama

TIBET, 16TH/17TH CENTURY

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A Rare Silver Figure of a Lama
Tibet, 16th/17th Century
Finely cast seated in dhyanasana with his hands folded in dhyana mudra, wearing finely pleated monk's garb tied with a sash at the waist inlaid in copper, a cape draped across his shoulders fanning down in finely incised pleats and wrapping around his knees, his head covered with a hat secured with a copper banded ribbon, the exposed body parts gilt
4.1/8 in. (10.4 cm.) high

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