A SINO-TIBETAN GILT BRONZE BUDDHIST MONK

Qianlong or later, depicting Je Rinpoche (1357-1419 AD), the founder of the yellow hat sect and Gelug School, wearing elaborate robes with the sword of knowledge and the book of wisdom seated in Dhyanasana, on a double lotus base, 16cm high

Provenance: The Erik Hancock Collection,
Formerly the collection of Professor R.W. Jackson, 1980,.
Property of a lady.