19th Century brass statue of Guru Rinpoche from tibet with sealed prayers inside.

From the collection of a renowned anthropologist, who has collected Tibetan and Asian art since the 1960s. He has had many exhibits in museums across the world and featured in some of the most prestigious auction houses in the country.

Padmasambhava ("Born from a Lotus"), also known as Guru Rinpoche (Precious Guru) and the Lotus from Oḍḍiyāna, was a tantric Buddhist Vajra master from India who may have taught Vajrayana in Tibet (circa 8th - 9th centuries). According to some early Tibetan sources like the Testament of Ba, he came to Tibet in the 8th century and helped construct Samye Monastery, the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet. However, little is known about the actual historical figure other than his ties to Vajrayana and Indian Buddhism.

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