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Lot Essay
This casting of one of Tantric Buddhism's foremost meditational deities (yidams) depicts the 'Mother-Father' (yab-yum) union of Amitayus and consort, emphasizing a core yogic approach to supreme realization through sexual symbolism.
The treatment of the scarf looping at the elbows and terminating in fish-tail pleats by the base are a common convention for un-gilded sculpture from the 13th and 15th century (see von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, pp. 193 and 447, nos. 40F and 132F. Additionally, the wide lotus petals, crown, stripped dhoti, and simplified jewelry are shared by a Maitreya formerly in the Goidsenhoven Collection (ibid, p. 470, no. 129B)
The treatment of the scarf looping at the elbows and terminating in fish-tail pleats by the base are a common convention for un-gilded sculpture from the 13th and 15th century (see von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, pp. 193 and 447, nos. 40F and 132F. Additionally, the wide lotus petals, crown, stripped dhoti, and simplified jewelry are shared by a Maitreya formerly in the Goidsenhoven Collection (ibid, p. 470, no. 129B)