A TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS, seated in vajrasattva on a lotus cushion mounted on a separately cast throne, wearing bodhisattva ornaments, ear ornaments set with turquoise, the hands in dhyanamudra holding the kalasa, the backslab with pierced motifs and surmounted by a kala head, sealed, 16th/17th Century
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A TIBETAN GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS, seated in vajrasattva on a lotus cushion mounted on a separately cast throne, wearing bodhisattva ornaments, ear ornaments set with turquoise, the hands in dhyanamudra holding the kalasa, the backslab with pierced motifs and surmounted by a kala head, sealed, 16th/17th Century
21 cm high
Provenance
Collection Loew
Hotel Drouot, 'Objets d'Art d'Extreme-Orient', Paris, December 22 and 23, 1958, no. 44
Lot Essay
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