Buddha Shakyamuni. Copper alloy with remains of mercury and lacquer gilding; China, Tibeto-Chinese style, Yuan, early 14th century. Height: 23.8 cm (9.37 in) © Dr. Robert R. Bigler

Buddha Shakyamuni. China, Yuan Dynasty, ca. 1300. Mercury gilt copper alloy. Height: 23.5 cm © Dr. Robert R. Bigler

Green Tara. Mercury gilt copper alloy with glass inlays. China, Tibeto-Chinese style, Yuan Period (1271-1368). Height: 14.2 cm. © Dr. Robert R. Bigler 

Set of Vajra and Ghanta. Mercury gilt copper alloy. China, Tibeto-Chinese style, Ming, ca. mid-15th century. Height (Ghanta): 23 cm, Length (Vajra): 17.8 cm. © Dr. Robert R. Bigler

Dr. Robert R. Bigler (Zürich, Switzerland), Dynasties and Identities, Tibeto-Chinese Buddhist Art of the 13th to 15th Centuries, 10-19 march 2017 at Dickinson Roundell Inc., 19 East 66th Street, New York 10065. T (212) 772 8083 - M +41 79 336 1459 - robert.bigler@cwmail.ch - bigler-finearts.com