A TIBETAN GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF MAITREYA, seated in pralambapadasana on a shaped throne, both hands in vitarkamudra, holding the stems of lotuses, each flowering along a shoulder and supporting the stupa and the kamandalu, wearing dhoti, the borders engraved with chevrons and scrolling, many bodhisattva ornaments, partly inlaid with turquoise beads, his face with downcast expression, aquiline nose, urna and elongated earlobes, re-sealed, 16th Century
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A TIBETAN GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF MAITREYA, seated in pralambapadasana on a shaped throne, both hands in vitarkamudra, holding the stems of lotuses, each flowering along a shoulder and supporting the stupa and the kamandalu, wearing dhoti, the borders engraved with chevrons and scrolling, many bodhisattva ornaments, partly inlaid with turquoise beads, his face with downcast expression, aquiline nose, urna and elongated earlobes, re-sealed, 16th Century
15.5 cm high
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