A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN, CHINA, 17th ct., seated in vajrasana on a circular plinth with the right hand holding twig while the left is resting on his lap supporting a vase, wearing various garments including a wide-sleeved mantle, bejewelled, her face is displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows and the hair combed in a chignon secured with an elaborate diadem cast with a minute figure of Buddha to its front - Former property of a Bavarian private collection, acquired in the 1930s - Wear, slightly chipped