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    Sale 2271

    Indian and South East Asian Art: Including Highlights from the Star Collection

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    20 March 2009

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    • A Gilt Bronze Figure of Amitay
    Lot 1370

    A Gilt Bronze Figure of Amitayus

    TIBET, 15TH/16TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    USD 50,000

    Estimate

    USD 25,000 - USD 35,000

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    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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