SMALL SUBJECT in gilded bronze, depicting a bodhisattva standing on a lotiform base, his right hand in "vitarkamudra" (teaching gesture), and holding an offering cup in his left hand. A copper plate engraved with the "vishvajra" covers the base. (Wear). Sino-Tibetan work, 19th century. A SMALL GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA, SINO-TIBETAN WORK, 19TH CENTURY. HEIGHT. 13 CM (5 1/84 IN.)