A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF KSITIGARBHA

The seated bodhisattva finely cast in vajraparyankasana with the lowered proper left hand cradling a cinatamani pearl, the opposite hand in vitarka mudra, an elaborate diadem encircling a coiled topknot and crowning the broad, rounded face with gently arched brows framing a serene, downcast gaze, the princely figure adorned in heavy earrings, a tiered necklace, and highly wrought girdle, relief-cast borders of lotus and stippled ground decorating the billowing sash and dhoti, the latter arrayed in neat folds about the legs, all raised on a double-lotus base flanked by pendent sashes.