Chinese Tibetan Ming Dynasty gilt bronze Bodhisattva Buddha figure of Maitreya, the Bodhisattva of loving kindness and the Buddha of the next future eon after the age of Shakyamuni Buddha. Maitreya is believed to currently reside in the Tushita Heaven. He holds two lotus blossoms that support a golden wheel on his right and a water flask on the left. Two beautiful feet seated in vajra posture, adorned with many attractive silks and jewels, beautified with dark blue hair in tufts and some loose gracefully to the shoulder. Extensive trace of gilt remain on surface, with hints of green pigment on hair. The underside with incised Quatre-foil flori-form petals visvavajra mark surrounded the centralized DaiJi.