A parcel gilt and painted bronze figure of a Bodhisattva


Ming DynastySeated side-saddle on a caparisoned lion with the left leg folded over the right, the Bodhisattva wearing a thickly folded dhoti painted red and green, the chest bedecked in beaded jewellery, the right hand resting with palm upturned over the left foot, the left held aloft in a mudra, with a lotus at each shoulder supporting an implement, the face, chest, hands and feet covered in gilt, the elaborate tiara with red and green pigment. 27cm (10 5/8in) high