A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS

Description:

China, 18th c.
H. 14 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a shaped pedestal with both hands resting on his lap in dhyanamudra supporting the kalasha, wearing diaphanous dhoti, shawl draped across his chest, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with floral-shaped ornaments, his hairdo combed in a chignon with a pair os strands falling down his shoulders and decorated to the front with a floral ornament, resealed.
Old German private collection, assembled before 2007 - Wear, traces of age