A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA

Description:

Tibeto-Chinese, 18th c.
H. 6 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base with both hands raised in the vitarkamudra, wearing dhoti, shawl draped around his shoulders with the streamers falling down the base, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, elongated earlobes with flowerhead-shaped ear-ornaments, blue coloured hairdo combed in a chignon and secured with a tiara decorated with a pair of floating ribbons, unsealed.
From an old European private collection, acquired prior to 2000 - Traces of age, wear