A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS

Description:

Tibeto-Chinese, 18th c.
H. 10,2 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with both hands resting in dhyanamudra on his lap, wearing dhoti, scarf draped around his shoulders with its streamers encircling both arms, their finials falling on the base, jewellery set with a bead, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, elongated earlobes with ear ornaments, his hair combed in a chignon topped with a lotus bud and secured with a five-leaf tiara decorated with a pair of floating ribbons, unsealed.
Former old South German private collection, assembled before 2007 - Very minor wear, traces of age, small repair