A Chinese gilt bronze seated figure of Avalokiteshvara

£3,000 - £4,000 £3,000

A Chinese gilt bronze seated figure of Avalokiteshvara, 17th century. Wearing a diadem and elaborate necklace over long flowing robes, raised on rockwork and with an animal at her feet, 13.5cm. Provenance: by repute, from the collection of the late M.S.D. Westropp, keeper of antiquities at The National Museum of Ireland and then by descent.