A RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF PENSIVE BODHISATTVA NORTHERN QI DYNASTY |

cast seated in rajalilasana, the right elbow rested on the raised right knee, clad in a long dhoti falling into neat pleats and draped over with a shawl, the face with a benevolent expression, crowned with a three-leaf diadem extended to long tassels falling down the sides of the figure, the reverse of the head with a loop for the attachment of a mandorla, all supported on a cylindrical base, fitted gilt wood stand

The figure is in very good condition. As visible in the catalogue photo, there are tiny bruises/nicks to the fragile extremities and expected rubbing to the gilding. The figure is later mounted on a gilt cylindrical base. The attachment loop on the reverse appears to be lightly stabilised.
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