A BRONZE FIGURE OF PROBABLY GUANYIN

Description:

China, 17th c.
H. 23 cm
Seated in European fashion on a lion reclining on the lotus base, both hands in a form of vitarkamudra, wearing various garments, including an underskirt fastened around the waist with a ribbon and a wide-sleeved mantle covering both shoulders, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with ear ornaments, his hairdo combed in a chignon and secured with a tiara, traces of gilt-lacquer.
From an old European private collection, acquired prior to 2000 - Wear, few very small repairs