A BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA

Description:

China, 16th/ 17th c.
H. 21,3 cm
Seated in European fashion on a caparisoned lion reeling on the lotus base, both hands in a form of vitarkamudra, wearing various garments including an underskirt tied around the waist with a ribbon knotted to the front, wide-sleeved mantle, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, elongated earlobes with ear ornaments, his hair combed in a chignon and secured with a high crown decorated with a pair of floating ribbons, traces of polychrome and gilt lacquer, resealed.
German private collection, assembled before 2007
Traces of age, wear