Song Dynasty The figures finely carved, each seated regally in meditative posture, vajrasana, with one hand held before the chest and the other in avakashamudra, wearing layered robes falling loosely around the chest and exposing elaborately carved necklaces, the serene facial expression detailed with half-open eyes and a gentle smile, framed by a pair of long pendulous earlobes beneath a foliate tiara securing a neatly drawn-up topknot. 44cm (17 2/8in) high. (2).