Indonesia. Finely cast standing in slight tribhanga atop a circular beaded lotus base, her hands held in karana mudra, balancing a pot between her left arm and body. Richly adorned in beaded jewelry and dressed in a short dhoti secured at the waist with a foliate sash. Her serene face with heavy-lidded eyes and full lips forming a calm smile, below a raised circular urna. The hair tied in a high chignon with a few locks elegantly falling along her shoulders and back.

Provenance: Galleria La Balaustra Antichita, Bologna, Italy. Collection of Paolo Bertuzzi, acquired from the above (invoice not available). Paolo Bertuzzi (1943-2022) was a fashion stylist from Bologna, Italy. He was the son of Enrichetta Bertuzzi, founder of Hettabretz, a noted Italian fashion company with customers such as the Rothschild family, Audrey Hepburn, and Elizabeth Taylor. Paolo Bertuzzi later took over his mother's business and designed exclusive pieces, some of which were exhibited in the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, USA. He was also an avid collector of antiques for more than 60 years. His collection includes both archaic and contemporary art, and he edited two important books about Asian art, Goa Made - An Archaeological Discovery, about a large-scale archaeological project carried out with the Italian and Indonesian governments, and Majapahit, Masterpieces from a Forgotten Kingdom.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, minor losses, small dents, warping, casting flaws, nicks, scratches. The bronze with a fine, naturally grown, dark patina with malachite encrustations.

Weight: 517.4 g
Dimensions: Height 15.7 cm

Literature comparison:
Compare a related bronze figure of a bodhisattva standing in slight tribhanga on a double lotus base, 11.4 cm tall, dated 8th-9th century, in the Walters Art Museum, accession number 54.3018.