A Sino-Tibetan gilt-bronze figure of Buddha seated in dhyanasana, holding a box in one hand, wearing a cloak over one shoulder, on double lotus-petal throne with a trefoil mandarla behind -- 8in.high; a Nepalese bronze figure of a deity with human head and mythical bird body, standing holding a garland, with flamiform mandarla, on circular base -- 10¾in.high; a late Ming giltwood figure of a seated official holding a scroll, his robes decorated with a coiled dragon, on circular base -- 8¼in.high, 17th century. (3)