A BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN South China, late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Cast seated in lalitasana on an unsealed expressive lotus pedestal, with the right hand holding a rosary and resting on the raised knee and the left holding a vase containing the elixir of life, garbed in voluminous robes with a cowl draped over the chignon-dressed hair.

Condition: Good condition, fine natural patina with old wear and minor material loss to the lower rim.
Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. István Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.

Weight: 645 g
Dimensions: Height 18 cm