A FINE TIBETAN GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF A 'BRUG.PA LAMA, seated on a separate cast blanket covering a dubble cushion, engraved with roundels containing scrolling flowers, his right hand in vitarkamudra and holding stem of lotus flowering along his shoulder and supporting the sword, his left resting on his lap and holding a separate cast manuscript and the stem of a lotus flowering along his other shoulder, wearing cloak, cape, his face with smiling expression, traces of cold-gilding and painted facial details, elongated earlobes and on top of his short cut hairdress a separate cast hat, sealed, 18th Century

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A FINE TIBETAN GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF A 'BRUG.PA LAMA, seated on a separate cast blanket covering a dubble cushion, engraved with roundels containing scrolling flowers, his right hand in vitarkamudra and holding stem of lotus flowering along his shoulder and supporting the sword, his left resting on his lap and holding a separate cast manuscript and the stem of a lotus flowering along his other shoulder, wearing cloak, cape, his face with smiling expression, traces of cold-gilding and painted facial details, elongated earlobes and on top of his short cut hairdress a separate cast hat, sealed, 18th Century
55 cm high

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