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Losang Gyatso, the Fifth Dalai Lama
Tibetan
about 1670–80
Object Place: Tibet
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 13 × 12 × 9 cm (5 1/8 × 4 3/4 × 3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich
Accession Number50.3606
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionThe fifth Dalai Lama, sitting cross-legged on a low platform, clothed in heavy robes. He holds a sutra in his left hand and touches the ground with his right hand.
Provenance1950, Lucy Truman Aldrich, Providence, RI; 1950, gift of Aldrich to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 1950)