A large gilt-lacquered bronze figure of a Bodhisattva, seated in dhyanasana, the right hand held in vitarkamudra and the left in dhyanamudra, wearing loose robes open at the chest to reveal beaded jewellery, the face framed with a foliate tiara centered with a kundika, and the hair drawn into a high chignon with long tresses over the shoulders, 58.5 cm high. Other Notes: an earlier example of this figure dated to the Ming dynasty, sold Bonham's, New York, 18 March 2019, lot 511