A GILT-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

A GILT-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA

QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

清康熙 木漆金菩薩立像



standing regally with the hands in vitarka and varada mudra, a five-pointed diadem set over the long, plaited tresses, the ears, chest and body adorned with elaborate ornaments and jewelry, a dhoti of multiple pleated layers secured around the hips, the deity raised on a blossoming lotus and a stepped and waisted pedestal with a band of waves and keyfret encircling the lower tiers

Height 27½ in., 70 cm