A FINE AND RARE GILT- AND RED-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI China, Yuan/ Ming dynasty H. 38 cm Seated in vajrasana with both hands resting on his lap in dhyanamudra, wearing monastic robe including a mantle falling in heavy pleats down his legs, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into his nose-bridge, urna at his fore-head, painted facial details, pierced elongated earlobes, a blue coloured curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha and topped with a lotus-bud. Former old European private collection, assembled prior 2007 Minor traces of age, minor, very slightly chipped