QUADRANGULAR RELIQUARY AMULET in gold inlaid with polychrome glassware, depicting on the obverse a four-armed Maitreya seated on a lotus amid foliage, holding a small stupa in his left hand and the wheel of the Dharmachakra law in his right, while performing abhayamudra ("gesture of fearlessness") and varadamudra ("gesture of giving"); the reverse of a geometric mandala depicting a simple tetrahedron, from the Nyingma tradition. Tibet, 19th century. A GOLD SQUARE RELIQUARY AMULET WITH MAITREYA, TIBET, 19TH CENTURY. WEIGHT (GROSS) 74.02 g. - DIM. 6,3 X 6 CM (2 1/2 X 2 3/8 IN.)