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TIBET, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
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A Rare Wood Figure of the Fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Losang Gyatso
Tibet, 17th/18th Century
Finely carved seated in dhyanasana on a cushion-shaped base, holding an alms bowl and with his right hand in vitarka mudra, wearing long-flowing robes colored in red pigment with gilt wave and floral borders, his head slightly tilted in a contemplative expression surmounted by a red cap, inscribed on the base in front with his name
6 in. (17 cm.) high
Tibet, 17th/18th Century
Finely carved seated in dhyanasana on a cushion-shaped base, holding an alms bowl and with his right hand in vitarka mudra, wearing long-flowing robes colored in red pigment with gilt wave and floral borders, his head slightly tilted in a contemplative expression surmounted by a red cap, inscribed on the base in front with his name
6 in. (17 cm.) high