Sale 2271
New York
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20 March 2009
Price realised
USD 50,000
Estimate
A Gilt Bronze Figure of Amitayus Tibet, 15th/16th Century Seated in dhyanasana on a round double-lotus base, his hands resting in dhyana mudra and supporting a vase overflowing with flowers, clad in a robe incised with a floral decoration, with sloping shoulders and a compassionate expression, a beak-like nose and arched eyebrows centered by a raised urna, the hair arranged in tight knots over a pronounced ushnisha, the base sealed and incised with an elaborate double-vajra 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Hong Kong art market, before 2000
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