A METAL FIGURE OF SEATED GUANYIN ON A LOTOS WITH REMNANST OF LACQUER-GILDING

Description:

Southern China, ca. 17th/18th ct.
H. 18,7 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base with her right hand raised in front of her chest while the left is resting on her lap, wearing various garments including a wide sleeved mantle, bejewelled, her face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into her nose-bridge, urna cavity formerly inlaid, her hair combed in a chignon and covered with a cloth falling down her shoulders.
South German collection of Chinese art, assembled mainly in the 1990's
Minor repairs, wear, chipped, unsealed