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QIANLONG PERIOD, INCISED WITH CYCLICAL GENGYIN DATE, CORRESPONDING TO 1770, AND OF THE PERIOD
Details
A GILT-BRONZE SEATED FIGURE OF AMITAYUS
QIANLONG PERIOD, INCISED WITH CYCLICAL GENGYIN DATE, CORRESPONDING TO 1770, AND OF THE PERIOD
The figure is seated in dhyanasana on a rectangular openwork plinth, with hands in dhyanamudra and dressed in robes draped over the left shoulder and wearing a jewelled necklace. The face is modelled with a pensive expression beneath hair pulled up into an elaborate coiffure and fronted by a five-leafed tiara. The figure is surrounded by a flaming mandorla.
8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high
QIANLONG PERIOD, INCISED WITH CYCLICAL GENGYIN DATE, CORRESPONDING TO 1770, AND OF THE PERIOD
The figure is seated in dhyanasana on a rectangular openwork plinth, with hands in dhyanamudra and dressed in robes draped over the left shoulder and wearing a jewelled necklace. The face is modelled with a pensive expression beneath hair pulled up into an elaborate coiffure and fronted by a five-leafed tiara. The figure is surrounded by a flaming mandorla.
8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high
Provenance
A European private collection.