A stone figure of Guanyin

Description:

China, Ming dynasty or earlier
H. 46 cm
Seated with legs crossed on a lotus throne, his broken right arm raised while the left hand is resting on his left knee, wearing monastic garment including an under skirt and a wide-sleeved mantle falling down in pleats around his body and legs, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into his nose-bridge, elongated earlobes, his hair secured with an elaborate diadem carved with scrolling tendrils and a halo behind his head.
North German private collection - Restoration at the neck, sligthly chipped