AN FINE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, TIBET, 15th ct., seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with his right hand lowered in the earth-touching gesture or bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing diaphanous monastic garment showing well his slightly muscular body, its border engraved with a petal muster, a section is draped over his left shoulder showing a double row of fine pleats, his naked body parts cold-gilded, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into his aquiline nose-bridge, urna set with a turquoise bead, smiling lips, painted facial details, pierced elongated earlobes, blue coloured hair and ushnisha topped with a lotus-bud, with inventory number BT 35, sealed - Minor wear