A SINO-TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF MAITREYA Sino-Tibetan, 18th Century Standing on a lotus base, his hands at chest level arranged in dharmachakra mudra evoking teaching, flanked by a lotus blossom at each shoulder bearing his attributes: a wheel of chakra, the symbol of Buddha`s first sermon and a ritual vessel kundika , bejewelled with beaded necklaces, large earrigns suspended from pendulous earlobes and a leafy tiara over the blue cold-painted hair arranged in a tall topknot, the consecration plate in place, 13.4cm high, 288g. Provenance: an English private collection. 十八世紀 鎏金銅彌勒菩薩立像 來源： 英國私人收藏。