A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI Tibet, ca. 15th ct. H. 9 cm Seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base with his right hand in bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing diaphanous monastic cloak, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, raised urna at his forehead, elongated earlobes, curled hair-dress continuing into the ushnisha and topped with a lotus-bud, traces of cold-gilding, unsealed. From an old private collection Rhineland, assembled between the 1960s and 2007 Minor wear and minor traces of age