A bronze figure of Amitayus

Description:

Tibet, ca. 18th cent.
H. 17,3 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with both hands resting in dhyanamudra on his lap supporting the kalasha, wearing dhoti, scarf draped across his chest, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into his nose-bridge, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with ear ornaments, his hairdo combed in a chignon secured with a three-lobed crown decorated with a pair of pattras and the reverse of the lotus base with ring for halo insert, unsealed.
From an old Süd German private collection - Minor damages and repairs