standing before a flaming mandorla on a four legged plinth, with inverted lotus lappets, the figure wearing flowing robes, the right hand raised in Abhaya mudra, the left hand lowered in bhumisparsa mudra , the face with a faint smile hovering upon the lips, the bronze skin with traces of red lacquer and gilding, the reverse bearing a dated inscription: 10th day of the 6th moon in the sixth year of Zheng Guang's reign 525 A.D. ( reign name of Xiao Ming Di ). Inscription Translated by Professor Wang Tao, School of Oriental and African Studies, London.Provenance: Christies, London. 10.5 cm. high; 3.5 cm. wide