A LARGE GILT-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA 19th centuryPROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERSA LARGE GILT-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA19th centurySeated in rajalalitasana with the right arm resting on a raised right knee, the left hand placed behind to support the posture, dressed in loose robes extending over the edge of the stand and falling open at the chest, the oval face carved with a contemplative expression and donning a five-pointed diadem, the hair pulled into a high chignon aside from the long tresses draping over each shoulder, covered in a reddish brown lacquer beneath a layer of gilt lacquer, fitted hongmu stand. 40in (101.6cm) height inclusive of stand Provenance:West Coast Private Collection, formed in the 1960s, by repute