A TIBETAN GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF THE THIRD DALAI LAMA 15TH/16TH CENTURY Sitting in...

A TIBETAN GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF THE THIRD DALAI LAMA 15TH/16TH CENTURY Sitting in vajraparyankasanaon a double lotus throne with a vajra emblem to the front, touching the ground with his right hand, the left resting on his knees, wearing monk's robes, his head shaved with traces of cold painted decoration, the base sealed and painted with red lacquer with a four-pointed vajra, 9cm, 284g. Provenance: formerly in the Cheng Huan Collection. Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Buddhist Statues of Tibet, VIX, p.201, no.192 for a related example of the Third Dalai Lama from the 17th century.