A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS

Description:

China, Qianlong period, ca. 1770
H. 20,5 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a cloth draped over the throne, both hands resting in dhyanamudra on his lap, wearing dhoti, scarf, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into the nose-bridge, his hair combed in a chignon secured with a tiara and a separate cast flaming halo behind.
Old German private collection, assembled before 2007 - Wear, vase lost, slightly chipped