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 8.2 cm, 3 1/4 in.

Provenance:
The Crucible of Compassion and Wisdom. Special Exhibition Catalog of the Buddhist Bronzes from the Nitta Group Collection, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1985, pl. 69.