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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS
QIANLONG INCISED XINSI CYCLICAL DATE,
CORRESPONDING TO 1761, AND OF THE PERIOD

The bodhisattva is seated in dhyanasana on a
throne with his hands held in dhyanamudra.
He is clad in diaphanous robes and adorned
with beaded jewelry. The face is downcast
and surmounted by an elaborate foliate tiara,
all backed by a faming aureole. With an
associated, rock-form wooden base.
8º in. (21 cm.) high, without wooden base

$8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE:

Private collection, Syracuse, New York.
清乾隆辛巳年(1761)
銅鎏金無量壽佛坐像

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