A SMALL GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE VOTIVE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
A SMALL GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE VOTIVE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA

DAOGUANG PERIOD, INCISED WITH CYCLICAL GENGYIN DATE, CORRESPONDING TO 1830, AND OF THE PERIOD

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A SMALL GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE VOTIVE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
DAOGUANG PERIOD, INCISED WITH CYCLICAL GENGYIN DATE, CORRESPONDING TO 1830, AND OF THE PERIOD
The bodhisattva wearing elaborate jewelry is shown seated on a lotus base in dhyanasana with his left hand raised in vitarkamudra. The face is held in a benevolent expression, with the hair arranged in a tall chignon adorned with a foliate tiara. The back is carved with Tibetan inscriptions followed by a Daoguang cyclical date.
3 ½ in. (8.8 cm.) high

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