A BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN SEATED ON A THRONE

Description:

China, Ming dynasty
H. 25,8 cm
Seated with legs crossed on a lotus-base placed on an elaborate throne with the right hand supporting a flask while the left is presently broken, wearing various garments including a wide-sleeved mantle falling in broad pleats over his legs, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows and the hair combed in a chignon secured with a tiara.
Old Berlin private collection, assembled between the 1960s and 1990s
Partly with damages