Enlivened with polychrome application, the bodhisattva seated in 'rajalilasana' astride a recumbent elephant, her right arm resting on the raised leg, the left hand supporting the pose, her hair arranged in a high chignon behind a high foliate diadem, its petal shaped frontal facet centred with the carved effigy of the seated Amitabha Buddha, her features finely modelled, with a delicate strokes of blue-black paint indicating the curves of her eyebrows, surmounting narrow, slanted eyes inlaid with stone, with a large vermilion 'urna' indented in the centre of her forehead, a Brahminic cord looped diagonally about her straight, slender torso, tied in a loose bow at the waist.
Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong Prior to May 2006.
Dimensions:
Height: 153cm.
Width: 115cm.
Depth: 37cm.