A GILT COPPER REPOUSSE FIGURE OF A SEATED BUDDHA QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

seated in dhyanasana upon a high lotus base of thickly lobed lotus lappets, the hands in dhyanamudra, wearing loose floral bordered robes spreading around the body and thrown over one shoulder, the face with slender bowed eyes, sharp nose and bud mouth, the hair rising to the ushnisha terminating in a lotus-bud finial, the features painted in red and black against a ground of gold pigment