H. 23 cm Condition A BRONZE FIGURE OF GUANYIN, CHINA, Ming dynasty. Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with both hands in varadamudra each holding a lotus stem flowering along the upper arms, one supporting a bird, wearing dhoti, cape draped over his shoulders, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression, his hair combed in a chignon set to the front with a minute figure of Buddha and secured with a tiara-From German family property, acquired in the 1960s/70s, through inheritance to the current owner-Slightly chipped