Bronze Figure of GUANYIN, Ming Dynasty

Bronze Figure of GUANYIN, Ming Dynasty

 seated in vajrasana on a shaped plinth with his right hand raised in a form of the vitarkamudra, while his left in varadamudra, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes, and the hair combed in a chignon secured with an elaborate ajour tara with a minute figure of Buddha Amitabha to the front, high 23 cm.

P R O V E N A N C E : Property from an old French private collection.

ca 17th century, China