A BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN

Description:

China, early Qing dynasty
H. 21 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with his right hand in varadamudra while the left is showing the vitarkamudra, pair of lotuses flowering along his upper arm supporting a stick and a parrot, wearing dhoti, scarf draped around his shoulders, encircling the arms and its ends falling down the base, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, the hair combed in a chignon and secured with a crown cast with pearled tassels, traces of gilt- and red-lacquer.
South German private collection, assembled before 2007 - Wear, slightly chipped