A TIBETO CHINESE GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF BUDDHA SAKYAMUNI, seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base, resting on a separate cast rectangular shaped base, moulded with two minute figures and partly inlaid with semi-precious stones, his right hand in bhumisparsamudra, his left resting on his lap, wearing uttarasangha and sanghati, his face with downcast expression, aquiline nose, smiling lips, urna, pierced elongated earlobes, curled hairdress and usnisha surmounted by a lotus-bud, the base with separate moulded shaped backslab, cast with a makara to each side seated on a horizontal beam resting on two vertical beams, the last flanked on the outside by a sardula standing on an elephant, the upper part of backslab with the khyung holding vine, scrolling to each side and encompassing four Buddha's, partly set with semi-precious stones, six-character mark Yongle (A.D. 1404-1423) and of the period