A GILT- AND RED-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI Korea or China, Ming dynasty H. 46 cm (o. S.) Standing in samapada on a lotus-base with his right arm stretched along his body, his hand showing the varadamudra, the left raised in front of his chest, wearing monastic garment including a wide-sleeved mantle covering both shoulders and falling down in broad folds, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, elongated earlobes and his curled hair continuing into the ushnisha and topped with a lotus-bud. From a European private collection, acquired in the 1980s Wear, slightly chipped