AN INSCRIBED GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF THE 7TH TAI SITUPA LAMA, TIBET, 17TH – 18TH CENTURY | 十七至十八世紀 藏傳鎏金銅廣定大司徒巴喇嘛七世坐像

The inscription around the base reveals the figure to be Lekshe Mawe Nyima (1683–1698), the 7th Tai Situpa Lama. It reads:

'rgyal yum snying po sbas don pad mo' tshi la//

legs par 'byed mkhas smra ba'i nyi ma mchog// 

mtha' bral mchog gi bde 'di zhang zhung gi/

gtsug phud blo bzang rab brtan bdag gis bzhengs//'

It can be translated as

"This apparition body of Prajnaparamita affixed to a lotus, Legshe Mawai Nyima, of supreme limitlessness bliss, was commissioned by the patron Tsukphu Lobsang Rabten of Zhang Zhung".