PROVENANCE: From The Estate of FAIRMONT FARMS MANSION, within the city of Fairmont, West Virginia, September 1940, by E.T. NEWELL & Co, Inc., Auctioneers, 710 N. Howard ST, Baltimore, MD. (156) Bronze seated figureDimensions: Length: 16 Width: 10cm, Height: 23 cm, weight: 3160gChinese Ming Dynasty Yongle Gilt Bronze Buddha Guanyin Bodhisattva statue. The Bodhisattva wears a crown and has jewelry ornament on the body. The Buddha sits in lotus position on a lotus platform, wearing a robe which engraved with patterns of the Buddhist eight treasures. The lotus platform contains a round lotus throne and a square pedestal. The bronze is bright and lustrous as the light is easily reflected from the well-polished surfaces. The underside with incised Quadra-petal flori-form visvavajra mark and centralized DaiJi.