RARE STATUE D'AMITAYUS EN BRONZE DORE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME SIECLE
The figure sits in vajrasana on a lotus base, with both hands in dhyanamudra supporting the kalasha. He is dressed in a dhoti, a scarf and jewelry partly set with semi-precious stones. His face displays a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into his nose bridge. His blue coloured hair is combed in the jatamakuta and secured with a tiara; resealed.
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) high
Provenance
From the collection of the late Charles and Ghislaine Laval, acquired between 1934 and 1938, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Further details
A FINE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Charles Laval (1896-1979) was a Belgian engineer who worked for the Belgian 'Compagnie de Tramways et d'Eclairage de Tientsin' from 1934 to 1938 in Tianjin, China.