Chinese gilt bronze figure of Bodhisattva adorned in Yongle style with elaborate crown and jewelry and fine facial features, seated on a double lotus pedestal, hands held in front with lotus stalks emanating from the hands, the symbols of the Bodhisattva resting on each blossom, engraved on the pedestal, 'Da Ming Yongle nian zhi' ' - made during the years of the Yongle (period) of the great Ming (Dynasty), height 21 cm, Ref: book 'On the Path to Enlightenment - the Berti Aschmann Foundation of Tibetan Art at the Museum Rietberg Zurich' p.118 for a similar Xuande period example