£2,268
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 733
Auction: 16 May 2023 at 11:00 BST
明 銅鎏金持蓮菩薩立像
cast standing on a single lotus domed podium, holding a sprig of lotus bud in both hands before his body, wearing a low waisted dhoti decorated by festoon of jewels, upper body further covered by elaborate jewels, his face serene with a gentle smile flanked by pendulous ears with earrings dropping on shoulders, a six-leaf crown topped his head enclosing a towering chignon, with traces of gilding
Provenance: Private Scottish collection, acquired by the vendor's father in Glasgow in the 1970s