A gilt bronze figure of Amitayus
A gilt bronze figure of Amitayus

SINO-TIBETAN, 18TH CENTURY

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A gilt bronze figure of Amitayus
Sino-Tibetan, 18th Century
Seated on a double-lotus base with his arms folded in his lap, wearing a short dhoti secured with a sash at the waist, beaded necklaces and disk earrings, his face with sharply modeled features with aquiline nose beneath a foliate tiara and flanked by tresses of hair falling down on both shoulders, a scarf draped across his shoulders and flaring up the side
6.7/8 in. (17.4 cm.) high