A gilt bronze Tibetan figure,18th century, seated cross-legged, the right hand in Vitarka mudra, the left hand with a lotus, wearing a tall Tibetan monk's hat, a kasaya decorated in the traditional rice field pattern, his robe engraved with flowers and clouds, the plinth engraved with scrolling flowers against a diapered ground covered with a similarly decorated blanket, Tibetan script to the reverse.