RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN SEATED IN ROYAL EASE, SONG DYNASTY shown as the elegant deity seated in rajalilasana with the right arm gracefully resting atop the bent right knee, traces of old gilt, raised on a plush fitted stand. For a similar example see: Koller, Zurich, Asian Art: Himalaya, China - Tuesday, 13th June 2017, lot 174; see also - the Freer Gallery of Art Washington D.C, inventory no. F1917.17a-b. Published in: H. Muensterberg, Chinese Buddhist Bronzes, Tokyo 1967, plate 69.