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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 清十八世紀 鎏金銅無量壽佛坐像

A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF
AMITAYUS
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

depicted seated in vajraparyankasana with the
hands held in dhyanamudra on a base modelled
in the form of a lotus bloom, the deity portrayed
with a serene expression highlighted with a
downcast gaze, framed by ornamental earrings
and a five-leaf diadem enclosing the high topknot,
further adorned with beaded jewellery and clad in
a billowing shawl and a dhoti finely detailed along
the hems, all backed by a separately cast flaming
mandorla inserted in a splayed rectangular plinth
cast with a pair of lions at the front, between
beaded bands and borders of lappets and incised
designs, traces of pigments
15.8 cm, 6⅛ in.

HK$ 200,000-300,000
US$ 25,600-38,400

314 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比