Circa 1600-1700 AD, Tibetan/Kashmir Standing on a plinth, Maitreya Buddha is adorning a beaded necklace, the face with aquiline nose and almond-shaped eyes, the hair pulled into a topknot and secured with a stupa finial backed by a nimbus and aureole. His hands by his side, gilded remaining on the aureole and finial. According to Buddhist tradition, Maitreya is a bodhisattva who is prophesied to appear on each, achievingplete enlightenment, and teach the pure dharma. For similar but earlier, see Christie's, March 20, 2012, lot 40. Size: L:200mm / W:78mm; 705g Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s