GUANYIN WITH HIGH TIARA AND SEATED IN PADMASANA

Description The small image of Amitabha Buddha in the center of the high tiara worn by the Bodhisattva identifies him as Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara). He sits cross-legged in padmasana on a moulded wooden base, not original. He holds in the palm of his left hand, folded in front of his belly, a small cup in the shape of a chalice: his right hand is raised in front of his chest to form the argumentation gesture (vitarkamudra) with the thumb and middle finger placed side by side. The Bodhisattva's square head is crowned by a perforated tiara adorned with vegetal scrolls, which descends towards the ears and continues on the back with an engraved band. In the center of this stands another flat ornament with three spherical protuberances, and on the sides above the ears hangs a long ribbon that rises with its leaf-shaped ends up to the tiara. The long hair is styled in a tall bun at the top of the head; braided high above the nape of the neck, it continues in two very long strands that descend symmetrically to the shoulders.