A TIBETAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A LAMA OF THE GELUKPA ORDER QING DYNASTY Cast seated in dhyanasana...

A TIBETAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A LAMA OF THE GELUKPA ORDER

QING DYNASTY

Cast seated in dhyanasana upon flowing fabric, he holds one hand in vitarka mudra and the other in dhyana mudra, with a leafy branch growing to one side, his facial features well-defined and set beneath arched eyebrows, all raised on a semicircular pedestal decorated with a floral spray to the front and an inscription enclosed within a cartouche to the reverse, the base incised with a flower surrounded by rings and swirls, 26.4cm, 2.6kg.