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TIBET, 17TH CENTURY
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF MAITREYA
TIBET, 17TH CENTURY
Seated in bhadrasana on a throne, both feet resting on a lotus flower, the hands in dharmacakramudra originally holding the stems of lotuses flowering along his shoulders, one supporting the kalasha, wearing monastic robe, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes, urna, faint smiling lips, hair rising into the ushnisha and topped with the lotus-bud, unsealed
7 ¼ in. (18.2 cm.) high
TIBET, 17TH CENTURY
Seated in bhadrasana on a throne, both feet resting on a lotus flower, the hands in dharmacakramudra originally holding the stems of lotuses flowering along his shoulders, one supporting the kalasha, wearing monastic robe, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes, urna, faint smiling lips, hair rising into the ushnisha and topped with the lotus-bud, unsealed
7 ¼ in. (18.2 cm.) high
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