19th century AD. A hollow-formed bronze figure of Buddha standing on a square base wearing a dhoti and rectangular mantle, the ushnisha tiered; both hands raised palm-outwards in a gesture of calming. See Lutz, A. et al., The Return of the Buddha. The Qingzhou Discoveries, London, 2002, for discussion.2.3 kg, 38cm (15"). Property of an East Sussex gentleman; from his private collection formed between 1983 and 1990; formerly in a South East London collection formed in the 1970s.