Qing Dynasty Chinese Tibetan gilt bronze Bodhisattva Buddha figure of Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava, The Lotus Born, the main founder of Buddhism in Tibet. With a steady composure gazing on all beings, one face adorned with a moustache and goatee, the right hand holds to the heart an upright vajra. The left hand placed in the lap holds a white skull cup filled with nectar, jewels and a long-life vase. The ornate katvanga staff of a Vajrayana mendicant decorated with streamers rests against the left shoulder. Adorned with semi-precious stone inlaid earrings, necklace, and the head is covered with a lotus hat, a gift of the King of Zahor, of silk brocade topped with a half-vajra and a single vulture feather. Attired in various robes of different colors reflecting the disciplines of the Vinaya, Bodhisattva and Mantra Vehicles, he sits atop a sun and moon disc above a double lotus blossom. Extensive trace of gilt and blue pigment on the hair. The underside with incised quatrefoil flori-form petal visvavajra mark surrounding the centralized DaiJi.