A large Sino-Tibetan gilt copper 'jewelled' figure of Padmapani Avalokiteshvara, standing, 17th/18th century, poised in abhanga with hips thrust to right, with antelope skin draped over left shoulder, wearing large hoop earrings and tiara each encrusted with lapis, wearing a bead necklace set with turquoise, his diaphanous skirt engraved with floral roundels, with right hand in vitarka mudra and set with a semi previous stone to the palm, his left hand by her side, and clutching a flowering lotus stem, 68cm highProvenance: Acquired in China 1942-46 by Grandfather of current owner