a rare tibetan gilt-bronze figure of the dharmaraja king dge.ba'i.dpal
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a rare tibetan gilt-bronze figure of the dharmaraja king dge.ba'i.dpal

18TH CENTURY

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a rare tibetan gilt-bronze figure of the dharmaraja king dge.ba'i.dpal
18th century
Seated in a form of lalitasana on a separate cast rectangular base, the latter with a pair of fine modelled lions at the front, both hands in anjalimudra, wearing long pleated garments, boots, shawl, necklace, his face with sturdy expression, aquiline nose, elongated earlobes with large ear rings, blue coloured hairdress secured by a five-leaf crown in front of his typical headdress, sealed, reverse of base with inscription in dBu-can script stating that he (Kalyanasri or Kushalasri) is the splendid Dharma king of the holy Buddhist country (India); and placed at the right as number six
24.5 cm high
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