A Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Tsongkhapa, Qing dynasty, modelled seated in dhyanasana with ha

A Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Tsongkhapa, Qing dynasty, modelled seated in dhyanasana with hands held in dharmachakra mudra, wearing monk's robes on a double lotus throne, height 15.5cm. Provenance: from the estate of a West Sussex collector. Note: Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) was a religious teacher and founder of the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism and is believed to be an incarnation of Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom.