A gilt-bronze copper alloy figure of a Lama
Tibet, possibly 18th century Heavily cast, the figure seated in padmasana over cushions and clad in a peaked layered headdress, probably that of the Karma-pas, and thickly-folded robes, his right hand held before is torso in vitarka mudra, the other open in his lap, the cushions and hems of the robes finely incised with brocaded motifs. 22cm (8 5/8in) high