A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A LAMA WITH COPPER INLAY, TIBET, 16TH CENTURY

PROPERTY FROM A RHODE ISLAND COLLECTION

A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A LAMA WITH COPPER INLAY

TIBET, 16TH CENTURY 

Height 3 ⅜ in. (8.6 cm)

the lama seated in dhyanasana with the right hand in bhumisparsha mudra and the left resting in his lap, wearing an elaborate patchwork robe of an ordained monk, with a calm expression, seated on a double-based lotus throne decorated with incised Tibetan inscriptions 

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13732.