£6,875
Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 591
Auction: 11 March 2020 at 10:00 GMT
永樂款 銅鎏金蓮華手菩薩立像
the right arm half raised in vitarka mudra and the left arm lowered in varaha mudra, with two lotus blossoms flanking each shoulder and connected to the outwardly-facing hands by long, curving stems, crowned with an elaborate diadem encircling a high topknot and set above a broad, tranquil face, the ears and body adorned with ornate jewellery, a celestial sash wrapping around the shoulders and arms, the waist sensuously defined above a low-slung dhoti, a six-character Yongle mark inscribed to the front of the base, the bottom of the lotus base incised with a double vajra