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A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF AMITAYUS A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF AMITAYUS
Qing, 18th century Qing, 18th century
Clad in silks with patterned hems, his face with rounded features Abundantly adorned with royal trappings jewelry, his hair with two
framed by long tresses falling across his shoulders and pulled into a locks draped across his shoulders and the rest arranged in a two-
high chignon secured with a five-petal crown; with traces of cold gold tiered chignon surmounted by a flaming jewel.
throughout. 6 7/8 in. (17.4 cm) high
6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm) high $4,000 - 6,000
$4,000 - 6,000
清十八世紀 銅鎏金無量壽佛坐像
清十八世紀 無量壽佛銅坐像
Refer to lot 44 for more information.
Pieces of similar style and period were sold at Bonhams, New York,
16 March 2015, lot 41; 17 March 2014, lot 31; 18 September 2013, Referenced
lots 19 & 20; and 18 March 2013, lot 159. Also compare to a bronze HAR - himalayanart.org/items/33003
published in von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981,
no. 153b; and another in Art Lamaïque, Brussels, 1975, pl.80. Provenance
Collection of Edith and Walter Simmons
Referenced Acquired in Japan before 1953
HAR - himalayanart.org/items/33004 Thence by inheritance to the Estate of Walter Simmons, Maryland

Provenance
Collection of Edith and Walter Simmons
Acquired in Japan before 1953
Thence by inheritance to the Estate of Walter Simmons, Maryland

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