A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS

Description:

Tibet, 16th c.
H. 21,8 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base with both hands resting on his lap covered with a ceremonial textile supporting the kalasha, wearing dhoti, jewellery partly set with turquoise beads, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, urna at his forehead formerly inlaid with a bead, elongated earlobes with floral-shaped ornaments, his hairdo combed in a chignon with a pair of long strands falling down along his upper arms, topped with a figurine of Buddha and secured with a tiara decorated with a pair of floating ribbons, unsealed.
European private collection, assembled before 2000 - Very minor wear to gilding, very minor traces of age