A GILT-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI China, Ming dynasty H. 42,8 cm Seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base with his right hand lowered in the bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing monastic robes including a dhoti secured with a ribbon drawn around his waist and a mantle falling in large pleats around his knees, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, elongated earlobes and his curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha, traces of pigments. From an old German private collection, collected before 1990 Minro damages due to age, wear