AN ANTIQUE CHINESE PARCEL GILT AND CARVED WOOD FIGURE OF A SEATED BUDDHA, POSSIBLY MING DYNASTY (1368-1644), with downcast eyes and slightly smiling serene expression flanked by long pendulous ears, surmounted by a domed hairstyle centering a diadem beneath a stylized chignon, seated in dhyana asana with hands in various mudras and wearing an elbow-length shawl draped over loose robes open at the chest and falling in folds over the knees, verso hand-hewn rectangular open compartment. Height: 19 1/2" Width: 12" Depth: 11"