AN EMBOSSED GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA, TIBET, 18th/19th, on base. Standing in samabhanga with both hands in vitarkamudra, wearing dhoti, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, pierced elongated earlobes and the hair combed into a high chignon- Provenance: Former European private collection, assembled prior 2007 - Wear, slightly chipped, minor repairs