16/17th C. Chinese Tibetan Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Gilt Bronze Bodhisattva Buddha figure of standing Maitreya. Peaceful and youthful in appearance, orange in color like the rising sun, the left hand loosely extended across the knee holds a conch shell. The right hand with palm upfront. At the top of the head beneath a gemstone blazing with orange fire the blue hair is piled in a topknot, some falling loose across the shoulders, tied with golden flowers. Lightly adorned with gold earrings and a choker necklace, he wears a scarf and a lower garment with even-folds covering the legs. Displayed upon a cuboid hardwood pedestal.
Measurements: Height: 20 1/4" Width: 5 3/4" Depth: 4 7/8" PROVENANCE:Pineville-Charlotte, North Carolina, private collector, by inheritance. Believed to be purchased from OLIVOTTI BRO'S, 1191 Broadway, New York, N Y. and/or, of 145 Tremont ST. Boston, MA. During 1916-1924.