Description: Siddhartha Gautama. Tibet / China. Old fire-gilt bronze sculpture. Polychrome and cold gold painting. Height 13.5 cm (5.3"). Weight: 346 g. From North German private collection. Fine depiction of the newborn Buddha Shakyamuni. He is showing his famous gesture of pointing one finger at the sky and the other at the earth. Standing on a double lotus pedestal. Slight signs of age and wear.