A BRONZE FIGURE OF THANGTONG GYALPO TIBET, 16TH CENTURY

the figure seated on a single lotus throne, adorned with raised pearls, the plaited hair cascading down the shoulders, and gathered in high jatamukata, with long pointed beard, the face and body with cold gilding and polychrome, the right hand raised in vitarka mudra, the left hand holding a midana-kumba, wearing a low robe gathered at the waist, and an upper robe draped across the left shoulder, with sealed baseplate

The Cheng Huan, S.C. Collection, 1980s. 

Wear and accretion overall. With traces of cold gilding at face and upper body, traces of polychroming at hair and face. With original casting flaw at back throne. Baseplate sealed.
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