A GILT-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA

Description:

China, late Ming dynasty
H. 44,5 cm
Standing in samabhanga on a pair of replaced feet, his later hands showing a form of vitarkamudra, wearing various garments including underskirt tied around the waist, a wide-sleeved mantle covering both shoulders falling down in heavy pleats, elaborate necklace, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, puffy cheeks, elongated earlobes, painted facial details and his hair combed in a chignon, the reverse with oval cavity for relics.
Westphalian private collection, collected before 2007
Minor damages due to age, wear, chipped