A Chinese gilt-bronze figure of Amitayus seated in dhyanasana, wearing a high crowned headdress and elaborate jewellery and body ornaments, the hands held in his lap, seated on a high pierced rectangular base with a swagged apron (gilt rubbed, mandarla missing) -- 7½in.high, Qianlong Gengyin corresponding to 1770 (Da Qing Qianlong Gengyin nian zhigzhao).