STATUETTE DE GUANYIN EN BRONZE DORÉ DYNASTIE MING |

assise en dhyanasana, les mains en vitarka mudra, la gauche au-dessus de l'aine tenant un bol patra, la droite levée devant l'épaule pinçant entre deux doigts une tige de saule, vêtue d'une ample robe monastique aux bordures finement incisées de motifs floraux, le torse découvert paré de bijoux, le visage serein surmonté d'une couronne ouvragée abritant une figure miniature du Bouddha Amitabha, les cheveux retenus en un haut chignon laissant tomber de longues mèches le long des épaules, socle en bois (2)

Acquired in China in the 1930s by the father of the current owner. 
Thence in the family by descent. 

Heavily cast, overall wear to the gilding. Tip of the herb in the figure's right hand broken off. Ca. 4x4cm large casting flaw to the lower back which has been patched up after the casting, with an associated ca. 3 cm long crack. The tip of the chignon is missing.
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