A LARGE GILT-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF A SEATED MONK OR PRIEST OF THE ZEN BUDDHISM

Description:

China, Qing dynasty
H. 66 cm
Seated in European fashion on a chair placed on a rectangular pedestal with both feet resting on a stool, his right hand holding the fly-whisk while the left is raised in a form of vitarkamudra, wearing a monastic robe including a wide-sleeved mantle secured through a ring placed at his right shoulder, its border sculpted with scrolling tendrils, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into his nose-bridge, elongated earlobes and his head topped with the specific five-leaf bonnet with each leaf incised with a character.
Old South German private collection, assembled between 1970 and 2002
Partly chipped, wear