明十六/十七世紀 銅鎏金菩薩坐像

the figure seated in dhyasasana on a double-lotus base, the hands in dharmacakramudra wearing a dhoti and a shawl draped over the shoulders and ornate body jewellery, flanked by two lotus at the shoulders, the hair pulled up in a high chignon and framed with a five-petal diadem

Unsealed, missing lower section of stem held in the figure's right hand and losses to upper sections of both flowers at the shoulder. A break to lower section of left celestial scarf. Rubbing and wear to gilding, most extensively to the base.
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