189. GRANDE STATUETTE DE BOUDDHA EN BRONZE PARTIELLEMENT DORE Dynastie Ming, XVIe siecle A MAGNIFICENT PARCEL-GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA Ming Dynasty, 16th century Seated in dhyanasana, his hands held in dhyanamudra, wearing a diaphanous robe covering his shoulders and arms and falling in ample folds across his legs, opening at the chest revealing a wan symbol, the face with a serene expression, flanked by long pendulous earlobes, the hair in tight curls. 48cm (18 7/8in) high. 明 十六世紀 局部鎏金銅佛坐像 Provenance: Formerly in a European private collection formed in the 1980s (by repute) 來源： 1980年代前歐洲私人舊藏 （傳） Compare a related example of a gilt-bronze figure of a Medicine Buddha dated to the late Ming dynasty, sold at Sotheby's London, 8 November 2017, lot 76. See also a gilt-bronze figure of a seated Ming dynasty Shakyamuni Buddha, Ming dynasty, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 April 2014, lot 3060.