A RARE GILT-BRONZE GROUP OF A KARMAPA LAMA AND A FEMALE DEVOTEE, NEPAL, 18th ct., the lama is seated with his legs crossed on a separate cast lotus base, his right hand in the vitarkamudra holding the akshamala while the left is resting on his lap holding the manuscript, wearing monastic garments including a wide-sleeved mantle, necklace, his face displaying a serene expression with almond-shaped eyes below arched eyebrows running into his nose-bridge, urna, pierced elongated earlobes, his head topped with the specific bonnet, flanked to his left by a female devotee seated in rajalilasana, both hands in anjalimudra, wearing sari, scarf draped across her chest, bejewelled, her face displaying a serene expression with almond-shaped eyes, fore-head adorned with a large third eye and her hair combed in a chignon, with inventory number BN 15, seal damaged - Minor wear