• Dimension: Height: 7 1/8 in (18.0 cm) Length: 7 1/8 in (18.0 cm) Width: 4 3/8 in (10.8 cm)
• Estimate From: $800
• Estimate To: $1500

The buddhist figure is shown seated on cushion, right hand in karana mudra , wearing monastic robe, stern face with frown, the base sealed, with traces of lacquered pigment. Qing Dynasty period.

上師是藏傳佛教尊奉的在修學和宏法上有傑出成就的高僧大德，藏傳佛教中稱之為“喇嘛”。藏傳佛教有一種極其獨特的崇拜，就是所謂的上師崇拜，認為上師上與諸佛菩薩智慧融通，下能為學道之人授法與印證，所以在一般佛教的“三皈依”前還有一個“上師皈依”，是獨特的“四皈依”。