A RARE BRONZE SEATED FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARAMARK OF YONGLEH:15.9cm,W:11.6cm.Wgt:853gStems of lotus in both, the flowers blossoming at the shoulders, the face with details and a downward gaze, the brow marked with an urna, his hair drawn up in a knotted jatamakuta securing a miniature effigy of Amitabha, with long tresses falling to the shoulders, wearing bodhisattva jewellery including a crown framing the forehead and tied with billowing sashes at the ears, circular studded earrings, beaded necklaces, bracelets and armbands, with anklets and foot adornments, a scarf around the bare shoulders flowing over the arms, a voluminous lower garment gathered at the waist and fastened by a beaded girdle, the cloth spreading onto the lotus pedestal, the base engraved with a Yongle reign mark.