Attired in elaborately rendered princely garb adorned by numerousinlaid cabochons of malachite, coral, carnelian and turquoise, holdinghis left hand in the vitarka gesture of discourse at chest level while hisright touches the ground in front of him in the earth-witness mudraof bhumisparsha, raised atop a solidly-cast double lotus plinth; nowsupported by a later-made wood stand carved in stylized bands oflotus petals.13 1/2in (34.3cm) height exclusive of wood stand