A bronze figure of a Bodhisattva
Late Ming DynastyThe figure seated in padmasana over a double lotus base, wearing a high tiara and heavy jewellery, clad in a thickly-folded dhoti, the chest bedecked in jewellery, one hand resting on their left knee, the other raised in mudra, both clasping long-stemmed lotuses holding respectively a book and an alms bowl at each of the deity's shoulders. 21cm (8 1/4 in) high