GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA MING DYNASTY 明 銅鎏金持蓮菩薩立像 cast standing on a single lotus domed podium, holding a sprig of lotus bud in both hands before his body, wearing a low waisted dhoti decorated by festoon of jewels, upper body further covered by elaborate jewels, his face serene with a gentle smile flanked by pendulous ears with earrings dropping on shoulders, a six-leaf crown topped his head enclosing a towering chignon, with traces of gilding (25.8cm high; 1422g) Qty: (1) Provenance: Private Scottish collection, acquired by the vendor's father in Glasgow in the 1970s