A FINE BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN

Description:

China, 15th/ 16th c.
H. 29 cm
Seated in rajalilasana with his right hand elegantly resting on his raised right knee holding the ratna, his left raised in vitarkamudra, both holding stems of lotuses flowering along the upper arms supporting the sun and moon emblems, wearing dhoti, scarf, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, his hair combed in a chignon topped with a ratna and secured with an elaborate tiara, traces of gilt-lacquer.
Old German private collection, assembled before 1989 - Slightly chipped, traces of age