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# Figure

Figure, carved in transparent rock-crystal (quartz crystal) containing needles of Rutile (titanium dioxide). Representing Tsonkhapa, the patron saint of Tibet and 15th century reformer of Lamaism. He is wearing Lama's robes and holding an alms bowl in the left hand.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1600–1799 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-145-1922](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-145-1922) · Pramāṇa
