A TIBETAN COPPER FIGURE OF PROBABLY GRAGS-PA-RGYAL-MTSHAN (A.D. 1374 - 1436), seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base, both hands vajrahumkaramudra and holding separate moulded vajra and ghanta, wearing skirt, undergarment and coat, the borders with scrolling flowers, the coat with the Eight Buddhist symbols, his face with engraved eyebrows, silver inlaid eyes, red coloured lips, curled beard, partly curled and bold hairdress, elongated earlobes, sealed, 16th Century

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A TIBETAN COPPER FIGURE OF PROBABLY GRAGS-PA-RGYAL-MTSHAN (A.D. 1374 - 1436), seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base, both hands vajrahumkaramudra and holding separate moulded vajra and ghanta, wearing skirt, undergarment and coat, the borders with scrolling flowers, the coat with the Eight Buddhist symbols, his face with engraved eyebrows, silver inlaid eyes, red coloured lips, curled beard, partly curled and bold hairdress, elongated earlobes, sealed, 16th Century
17.5 cm high

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Cf. Kreijger, 1989, p. 58 for a similar representation and inscribed with his name

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