A FINE BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS

Description:

Tibeto-Chinese, Kangxi period
H. 18,2 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with both hands resting in dhyanamudra on his lap supporting a vase, wearing dhoti fastened around the waist with a belt, scarf draped across his chest, lavishly bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, smiling lips, elongated earlobes set with ornaments, his hair combed in a chignon topped with a ratna and secured with a tiara, unsealed.
From the estate of Max Freiherr von Stoltzenberg, commander of the Prov. Col. 2 East Asian Expeditionary Corps, collected in China before 1905 - Minor wear