A BRONZE FIGURE OF A LAMA

Description:

Tibet, 15th cent.
H. 11 cm
Seated with legs crossed on a lotus base with his right hand in bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing monastic garment including tunic and a heavy pleated mantle covering both shoulders, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into his nose-bridge, bears and a curled hairdo, unsealed.
Old Bavarian private collection, assembled since the early 1960's - Minor wear and traces of age