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TIBET, 16TH CENTURY
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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS
TIBET, 16TH CENTURY
The deity is cast seated in dhyanasana with the hands held in dyana mudra. The rounded face is finely modelled with an urna between the arched eyebrows. The eyes are downcast and lips gently indented to provide a benevolent, smiling, expression. The figure is adorned with an elaborate diadem securing the hair swept up into a topknot with two neat strands falling on each shoulder. Together with a gilt-bronze vajra.
15 1/4 in. (39 cm.) high
TIBET, 16TH CENTURY
The deity is cast seated in dhyanasana with the hands held in dyana mudra. The rounded face is finely modelled with an urna between the arched eyebrows. The eyes are downcast and lips gently indented to provide a benevolent, smiling, expression. The figure is adorned with an elaborate diadem securing the hair swept up into a topknot with two neat strands falling on each shoulder. Together with a gilt-bronze vajra.
15 1/4 in. (39 cm.) high
Provenance
Former collection of German painter, Joachim Schlotterbeck (1926-2007), purchased in the 1970s (by repute)
Acquired by the present family in 1998
Acquired by the present family in 1998
Brought to you by
Sibley Ngai