A VERY RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SEATED GUANYIN, 17TH-18TH CENTURY

A VERY RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SEATED GUANYIN
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The bodhisattva is shown seated in dhyanasana on a waisted lotus base, with the hands held in dhyanasana mudra above the lap, the long hair drawn up into a tall coiffure (jatamukuta) bound with a band hung with ropes of looped beads surrounding and flanking an image of Amitabha Buddha, and wearing an elaborate bead necklace and earrings.
14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm.) high

Provenance

Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, no. SC101, by 1984.
Galaxie Art & Gift Company, Hong Kong, 1988.
The Irving Collection, New York.

THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION