A GILT-BRONZE SEATED FIGURE OF GUANYIN

A GILT-BRONZE SEATED FIGURE OF GUANYIN

MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY

The bodhisattva is shown seated in lalitasana, with the right foot resting on a lotus support and the left hand raised in vitarkamudra. The figure is arrayed in beaded jewelry, with large pendent earrings and a foliate crown obscuring the figure of Amitabha Buddha seated in front of the coiled topknot surmounted by a small lotus bud.

8 3/8 in. (21.2 cm.) high