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PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR 清十八世紀 銅鎏金無量壽佛坐像
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS 來源：
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY Lester & Robert Slatoff，特倫頓，新澤西州，1983年8
seated in dhyanasana on a high double-lotus base with hands 月24日
held in dhyana mudra, wearing a finely incised dhoti tied at
the waist, a long sash flowing freely about the shoulders
and arms, elaborate jewelry adorning the chest, arms,
and ankles, the face with a serene expression framed by
pendulous earrings and a five-pointed diadem encircling a
tiered topknot
Height 12⅜ in., 31.5 cm

PROVENANCE
Lester & Robert Slatoff, Trenton, New Jersey, 24th August 1983.
Amitayus, the Buddha of Infinite Life, is considered an
apparitional form of the Buddha Amitabha; both are typically
depicted with red skin in paintings and textiles, denoting
their shared identity. In Tibetan shrines, a figure of Amitayus
is often set alongside the figures of Ushnishavijaya and
White Tara in a longevity triad. Amitabha and Amitayus
are celebrated in both Mahayana and Vajrayana practices,
and both were popular deities to worship during the Qing
dynasty. Figures of Amitayus were produced in large
quantities to commemorate imperial birthdays.
Compare a closely related example that was sold in our Paris
rooms, 10th December 2019, lot 19. Another related gilt-
bronze Vajrasattva that is in the collection of Rijksmuseum
voor Volkenkunde, Leiden (accession no. 2798/31), and
illustrated in Ulrich von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes,
Hong Kong, 1987, p. 548, pl. 156A.
$ 50,000-70,000

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