A CHINESE LACQUERED AND GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN

A CHINESE LACQUERED AND GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN

LATE MING DYNASTY

Seated in lalitasana, wearing an elaborate crown incorporating the Buddha Amitabha and robes with beaded jewellery, his right foot rests on a small lotus, both hands rest on his knees and lotus flowers rise up to his left shoulder, 2.6kg, 27.4cm.

Provenance: Joseph Gordon, Randolph Crescent, Edinburgh, d.1969, and thence by descent.