A CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT BRONZE BODHISATTVA

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A CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT BRONZE BODHISATTVA
KANGXI

The figure in a meditative posture, his serene face with eyes half closed, wearing an ornate tiara, earrings, necklaces and bracelets, with hair pulled high into a double topknot, his skirt decorated in cloisonne enamel with a lotus scroll, seated in dhyana atop a tiered rectangular throne with pairs relief cast Buddhistic lions framed by borders of lotus lappet and floral scroll, the figure framed by an mandorla radiating swirling flames (minor losses)--12in. (31cm.) high

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