A rare bronze figure of Yanguang Mingmu Yuanjun

Ming dynasty, dated to the fourth year of Tianqi period, corresponding to 1624

明天啟四年（1624年） 銅眼光明目元君坐像

the figure seated in a vajraparyankasana with hands in dhyana mudra holding a mirror with an eye, dressed in a long flowing robe with ribbons, chest adorned with elaborate jewelry, the peaceful face with gently arched brows and downcast eyes, wearing a bejeweled diadem, all supported on a double-lotus base with an inscription on the back now partly missing above the hexagonal base

銘文：

住持尼僧倉玄倉空門徒□祖□金火楊□造 天啟四年四月造 關門高氏李門郭氏

Height 23 in., 58.3 cm

Collection of Richard White (1924-2002), acquired prior to 1973, and later gifted to the present owner.

來源

Richard White (1924-2002) 收藏，得於1973年之前，後贈予現任藏家