A GILT-COPPER EMBOSSED FIGURE OF A LAMA Tibet, 19th ct. H 37 cm Seated in vajrasana on a plinth placed on a separate embossed cushion, his right hand raised in vitarkamudra while his left is missing, wearing monks garment including a mantle draped closely around his shoulders, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into his nose-bridge, elongated earlobes, shaven hairdo and topped with a separate embossed bonnet, Old South German private collection, mostly acquired from Schoettle Ostasiatika between 1968 and the 1980s Minor wear to gilding, left hand lost, repair to hat, unsealed