A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS

Description:

Tibet, 15th c.
H. 14,8 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base with both hands resting on his lap in dhyanamudra supporting the kalasha, wearing diaphanous dhoti, jewellery set with beads, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, raised vertical urna at his forehead, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with ear-ornaments, his hairdo combed in a chignon and secured with a tiara decorated with a pair of pattras and floating ribbons, traces of blue pigment, resealed
Old Berlin private collection, assembled before 2007
Very minor wear