A BRONZE FIGURE OF Pandita Kongtön Wangchuk Drupa

Description:

Tibet, late 16th ct.
H. 10,5 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base with his right hand raised in the vitarkamudra while the left is resting on his lap supporting the manuscript, wearing monastic garment including a patchwork mantle covering both shoulders, its borders incised with scrolling tendrils, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into his nose-bridge, smiling lips and a short-cut hair-dress, the base incised with an inscription in dBu.can script: paṇ nan dbang phyug grub pa la na mo.
Former German private collection, assembled before 2007
Minor wear, unsealed