Probably depicting Gyalwa Gendün Gyatso (1475-1542), the second Dalai Lama from the Gelugpa sect. Depicted seated in a meditative pose, rather stocky body, his right hand in vitarka mudra, the left resting in his knee, has probably held a book or a vase. Now missing. Height 10.5 cm.
Property of a private Swedish Collector.
Purchased at Strömbergs Antik, Copenhagen, Denmark 1993.