A LARGE CHINESE BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN

A LARGE CHINESE BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN

MING DYNASTY

Depicted seated in dhyanasana wearing long flowing robes, she wears an elaborate necklace and a crown centred by Amitabha Buddha, holding a medicine jar in her left hand, with her right hand raised in karana mudra, together with an associated stand shaped as a lotus flower rising from a fenced pond, 61cm overall, 18kg. (3)

Provenance: from a deceased estate, Hampshire.

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no.12.37.161 for a related figure.