Depicted standing on a double-lotus base, dark brown patina (H: 13 3/4 in.)PROVENANCE: Property from a private collection, Chicago, Illinois NOTE: The present sculpture illustrates an episode from the birth of the Buddha, where the infant Buddha takes seven steps, from which grow lotus blossoms, points to the heavens and the earth, and a voice declares his lordship over these realms and the Buddha's final rebirth.