A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN MING DYNASTY, 15TH / 16TH CENTURY

the crowned bodhisattva cast seated in vajraparyankasana supported on a separately cast lotus base flanked by two acoloytes, the high crown centered by Amitabha Buddha and the body adorned in elaborate jewels, the right hand in varadamudra and the left in abhayamudra, with a kalavinka bird on one shoulder and a kundika on the other, with traces of pigment to the face, back of the crown, and hair (2)