A late Ming bronze model of a Bodhisattva

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A late Ming bronze model of a Bodhisattva
seated on the back on a recumbent caparisoned elephant, the figure wearing a tall crown, necklaces and scarf, on a lotus-petal base -- 8.in (20.3cm) high, early 17th Century, (small chip to crown, old wear).
See Colour Plate 4.

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