13TH/14TH CENTURY
Details
a west tibetan bronze figure of amitayus
13th/14th century
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base, both hands in dhyanamudra supporting a kalasha, wearing dhoti, bejewelled and partly inlaid with turquoise beads, his face with meditative expression, silver inlaid eyes, smiling lips, elongated earlobes set with turquoise inlaid ear rings, five-leaf tiara and pattras in front of a high chignon, reverse of lotus base casted with some mantras, sealed
16.5 cm high
13th/14th century
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base, both hands in dhyanamudra supporting a kalasha, wearing dhoti, bejewelled and partly inlaid with turquoise beads, his face with meditative expression, silver inlaid eyes, smiling lips, elongated earlobes set with turquoise inlaid ear rings, five-leaf tiara and pattras in front of a high chignon, reverse of lotus base casted with some mantras, sealed
16.5 cm high
Provenance
The late L. van Lier, Blaricum
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