A MING GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESVARA

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A MING GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESVARA
16TH/17TH CENTURY

Seated in padmasana, the right hand raised and holding a lotus stem (flower missing), the left hand holding a small cup, her robes edged with finely cast lotus scrolling, and opening at the chest to reveal a jeweled necklace, her double topknot covered with a cowl and centered by the Amitabha Buddha, some rubbing to gilding--12½in. (31.8 cm.) high