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MONGOLIA, ZANABAZAR SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
Details
A gilt bronze figure of Amitayus
Mongolia, Zanabazar School, 18th century
Finely cast seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base with beaded rims, holding the kalasa vessel, wearing a dhoti with incised floral borders and a sash over his shoulders, wearing beaded jewelry and a foliate crown, his hair pulled into a high chignon and topped by a finial, the base sealed and incised with a gilt double-vajra
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
Mongolia, Zanabazar School, 18th century
Finely cast seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base with beaded rims, holding the kalasa vessel, wearing a dhoti with incised floral borders and a sash over his shoulders, wearing beaded jewelry and a foliate crown, his hair pulled into a high chignon and topped by a finial, the base sealed and incised with a gilt double-vajra
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in the 1990s