MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY

For a related fifteenth century gilt-bronze figure, which bears an inscription dating it to the first year of Jingtai (1450), see Gems of Beijing Cultural Relics Series: Buddhist Statues (I), Beijing, 1999, p. 153, no. 11, where the figure is identified as Bhaisajyaguru Buddha. See, also, the similar fifteenth century gilt-lacquered bronze figure of the seated Buddha sold in these rooms, 24-25 March 2011, lot 1630.