Bidspirit auction | A Trio of Eastern Devotional

A Trio of Eastern Devotional Figures including Je Tsongkhapa and Budai - A collection of three Eastern devotional statuettes. The principal figure is a Tibetan style patinated bronze or brass representation of Je Tsongkhapa, founder of the Gelug school. The figure is depicted seated in dhyanasana upon a double-lotus throne, wearing the distinctive high pointed hat. The hands are held in a mudra, with stems of lotus blossoms rising from the elbows to flank the shoulders. The underside is sealed with a copper-toned base plate featuring a central stamped vishvavajra (double thunderbolt) emblem. The second figure is a Chinese style cast brass incense burner modelled as Budai (the Laughing Buddha), shown seated with a hollowed bowl in his lap for charcoal or incense. The third figure is a small dark metal statuette of Gautama Buddha, seated in meditation with the right hand in Abhaya mudra, featuring traditional snail-shell curls and a prominent ushnisha.