SCULPTURE OF FIVE-FACED VAIROCANA, TIBET, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
In gilt bronze with turquoise inlays, depicting Vairocana, the Cosmic Buddha, seated in vajraparyankasana on a double lotus base, the hands in dhyana mudra supporting a ritual vase (kalasha); the sealed base plate incised with a double vajra (vishvavajra).
Height: 19.5 cm