Lot Essay
An almost identical figure is illustrated in Bronze Buddhist Statues Through the Ages, Taipei, 1997, p. 116.
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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS
QIANLONG PERIOD, INCISED WITH CYCLICAL GENGYIN DATE, CORRESPONDING TO 1770, AND OF THE PERIOD
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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS
QIANLONG PERIOD, INCISED WITH CYCLICAL GENGYIN DATE, CORRESPONDING TO 1770, AND OF THE PERIOD
Seated in dhyanasana on a rectangular plinth, the front draped in a long cloth with a flower head at its center, the figure with hands in dhyanamudra and dressed in robes draped over the left shoulder leaving the right exposed and wearing a jeweled necklace, the face with pensive expression beneath hair pulled up into an elaborate coiffure and fronted by a five-leafed tiara, surrounded by a flaming mandorla, the interior of the plinth with one seal reading bao (precious), and incised with Suzhou numerals for five-hundred, and the characters Chengwen
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
QIANLONG PERIOD, INCISED WITH CYCLICAL GENGYIN DATE, CORRESPONDING TO 1770, AND OF THE PERIOD
Seated in dhyanasana on a rectangular plinth, the front draped in a long cloth with a flower head at its center, the figure with hands in dhyanamudra and dressed in robes draped over the left shoulder leaving the right exposed and wearing a jeweled necklace, the face with pensive expression beneath hair pulled up into an elaborate coiffure and fronted by a five-leafed tiara, surrounded by a flaming mandorla, the interior of the plinth with one seal reading bao (precious), and incised with Suzhou numerals for five-hundred, and the characters Chengwen
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
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