A PARCEL GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN, CHINA, late Ming dynasty, seated in vajrasana on a circular plinth with the right hand holding a twig while the left is resting on his lap supporting a bowl, wearing various garments including a wide-sleeved mantle, bejewelled, her face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into her nose-bridge, her hair combed in a chignon and secured with a tiara - Property from an old South German private collection, assembled prior to 1986 - Minor wear