A BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN

Description:

China, late Ming dynasty
H. 34 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a plinth placed on a separate cast base formed of a lotus base issued by the back of a caparisoned lion reclining on a lotus base, his head turned towards the viewer, his right hand holding the willow-branch while the left is supporting a cup, wearing various garments, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, his hair combed in a chignon and secured with a tiara cast with a minute figure of Buddha Amitabha.
From an important private collection in the Rhineland, collected before 1980 - Traces of age, minor restorations