Rare Statuette de Maitreya en alliage de cuivre doré Tibet ou Mongolie, XVIIE siècle

assis en lalitasana sur une double base lotiforme, la main droite levée en vitarka mudra tenant une tige de lotus fleurissant, la main gauche posée sur le genou tenant une gourde, vêtu d'un fin dhoti, les épaules couvertes d'une peau de bouc, les cheveux coiffés en un haut chignon fixé par une stupa miniature, un caractère ma en Devanagari incisé au dos de la base, non scellée

Formerly in the Jo Eenens Collection, Holland (by repute).

The figure is heavily cast and richly gilt, the base open. There is very light overall wear to the gilding, especially to the raised parts of the design. There is the incised character ma in Devanagari on the back of the base.
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Compare with a gilt-bronze figure of a seated 17th century Tibetan or Mongolian Avalokitesvara formerly in the collection of Florence and Herbert Irving, and now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Accession number 2015.500.4.22.