

A related figure of a Buddha seated on a lotus flower base of this size, but with his right hand held in blumisparsamudra, was sold in our New York rooms, 23rd March 2011, lot 692. See also a gilt-bronze and polychrome figure rendered with similar mudras to the present, attributed to the Ming dynasty, sold in these rooms, 16th May 2007, lot 43; and a larger gilt-bronze figure rendered with his right hand in blumisparsamudra, attributed to the 17th century, sold at Christie’s New York, 6th November 1980, lot 212. Further gilt-bronze figures of similar style include a bodhisattva sold in these rooms, 14th November 2000, lot 16; and a figure of Guanyin, attributed to the 16th/17th century, sold at Christie’s London, 15th May 2018, lot 166.