CHINESE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF MAITREYA,18th century or earlier. Gracefully modeled standing in tribhanga on a lotus plinth, the left hand lowered holding a vessel, the rght hand near the chest, wearing a diaphanous dhoti, beaded necklaces, the high chignon rises above a foliate headdress with rosettes and a lotus bud. - 6 1/2 in. high. 铜鎏金弥勒菩萨像，18世纪 Estimate $3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE: Estate of Ambassador and Mrs. William H.G. FitzGerald, Washington, DC, by descent from Ignaz Petschek and Nikodem Caro, Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Fingers chipped on right hand, head section of ribbon missing, base on the right side chipped.
