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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN This pair of gilt-bronze figures of Amitayus is of Amitayus is perhaps the most popular long-life
particularly high quality casting, the details of deity in Tibetan Buddhism and appears here in
A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE FIGURES the faces, jewellery, robes and base rendered sambhogakaya, or the apparitional manifestation
OF AMITAYUS with a distinct quality greater than typical mass- of the Buddha Amitabha (immeasurable light),
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG produced 18th century gilt-bronze Buddhist wearing celestial adornments and with hands
PERIOD figures, suggesting that they may have been clasped in samadhi mudra holding a long-life
created for use in an Imperial temple. The crisply vase (Tib. tsebum). Here the deity is depicted
each depicted seated in vajraparyankasana articulated lotus bases closely matches that on in his more commonly seen emanation seated
on a double-lotus base, the hands folded in a larger Qianlong gilt-bronze figure of White Tara in vajraparyankasana: he may also be portrayed
dhyanamudra supporting an ambrosia vase, from the Qing Court collection, preserved in the standing upright with his hands in samadhi
wearing a dhoti falling into pleated folds around Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Buddhist mudraholding a patra begging bowl, often
the legs, further embellished by beaded jewellery Statues of Tibet. The Complete Collection of with hair reaching to the ankle to indicate
and a shawl around one shoulder, the face with Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, longevity. Amitayus is sometimes portrayed in
a meditative expression, the hair gathered into 2008, no. 247. So too does the naturalism of the a group of Three Long-Life Deities that include
an elaborate chignon save for two curling braids faces and specific details of the casting, including Ushnishavijaya and the White Tara.
falling off the sides, surmounted by a foliate the beaded jewellery.
beaded headdress
17 cm, 6⅝ in.

HK$ 800,000-1,000,000
US$ 103,000-128,000

清乾隆 鎏金銅無量壽佛坐像一對

310 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比