Carved wooden Buddha. China. Ch'ien Lung period (1735-1796). Seated figure of Shadakshari-Lokeshvara. Surface gold lacquered with traces of blue and red. 7-1/4". (cracks and minor loss). Provenance: from a descendant of St. Louis, Missouri industrialist/civic leader and philanthropist William Keeney Bixby. Bixby retired at the age of 48 in 1905 and pursued his collecting passions including many trips to China. This item may have additional high-resolution photographs, available to view at our Dropbox. Images are organized by lot number. Click the link to view: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wnekz5fvnplsoh7/AACJZrp1-VQb_ZoEetiAzl6fa?dl=0