A RARE SILVER- AND COPPER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF BSOD.NAMS.SENGE, TIBET, early 16th ct., seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with both hands showing the dharmacakramudra, holding stems of lotuses flowering along his upper arms, one supporting the pustaka, the other now damaged, wearing monastic garments, its borders engraved with various musters and inlaid with silver and copper flower-heads, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, slightly smiling lips framed by moustache and goatee, shaven hair-dress, the base finely inscribed in dBu.can script stating 'Before the all-knowing bSod.nams.senge do I, Chos.kyi.rgyal.mtshan, bow and take refuge (to him). In greater love do accept me, do not leave me and its certain victory, and all obstacles that stand in the way of my spiritual liberation, disappear, I pray to you! Mangalam', with inventory number BT 77, sealed - Minor wear