TWO WOOD FIGURES OF BODHISATTVAS

Description:

China, Ming dynasty, 15th/ 16th cent.
H. 37 - 38,7 cm
Both standing in samabhanga, their hands damaged, wearing monastic garment including skirt fastened around their waist with a ribbon knotted to the front, wide-sleeved mantle covering both shoulders, bejewelled, their faces displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into their nose-bridges, their hairdo combed in a chignon and secured with a tiara, traces of polychrome, on wood stands.
European private collection - Traces of age, partly chipped and losses