A TIBETO CHINESE GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF BUDDHA SAKYAMUNI, seated in vajrasana on a lotus, his right hand in bhumisparsamudra, his left resting on his lap and holding the patra, wearing long garment, engraved with the Eight Buddhist Symbols, the border with a floral design, his face with downcast expression, aquiline nose, elongated earlobes and a tightly curled hairdress surmounted by a bud, the reverse of base engraved with the mantra 'aum mani padma hum' in Lantsha characters, resealed, early 17th Century