A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA AKSHOBYA, Tibet, 15th ct., seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with the vajra-emblem to its front, his right hand in bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing diaphanous monastic garment, a section is draped over his left shoulder in the shape of a swallow's-tail, his face is displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, urna, curled hair-dress continuing into the ushnisha and topped with a lotus-bud, resealed - Property from a South German private collection, bought 22.11.1991, Lot 16 from Koller in Zurich - Wear to gilding, minor traces of age