A gilt-copper alloy Buddha Tibeto-Chinese, 17th / 18th Century

the deity seated in dhyanasana upon a lotus pedestal base with hands held in dharmacakramudra, wearing long layered robes draped over the broad shoulders leaving the chest bare, the face set in a meditative gaze below the urna, framed by pendulous earlobes and the hair indicated by rows of studded curls around the ushinisa

The present figure, most likely Sakyamuni Buddha, is shown with hands 'turning the wheel of the Law', a gesture which signifies the Buddha's first sermon at Deer Park at Sarnath.