Ca. 1800-1900 AD. Superb Tibetan gilt Bronze Statue of the 12th Yaksha General of the Medicine Buddha Mandala. In Tibetan he is called "rdzogs byed" , his color is red, and he has a wheel (here diminutive in the form of a cabochon between the jeweled necklace on his belly). He holds a mongoose in the left hand that spits jewels. Represented with short fat limbs and a large stomach. In the right hand, he holds a wish-fulfilling jewel. Dzogje as this one is called is the 12th general and is protecting the Southern direction of the Mandala. For the meditation of the Medicine Buddha, the main deity is represented in the middle of the mandala. Around him are numerous deities, that ultimately number to fifty-one figures. They can be painted on cards or on a scroll painting called a Thank but sometimes three-dimensional mandalas were made for temples and this is one of those figures. Many times, a figure such as this one is misinterpreted as being the deity Jambhala or even more as the very elusive and almost never or very rarely represented Kubera in Tibetan art. Size: L:150mm / W:120mm; 925g; Provenance: Property of a London collector acquired in the early 1990s.