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A MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE LARGE
IMPERIAL FAMILLE ROSE SEATED FIGURE OF
AMITAYUS
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The deity is seated in dhyanasana, his hands in dhyanamudra,
inscribed with two characters of the numeral ‘four’, set with an
aperture formerly supporting a vase which is now missing. He
wears a green shawl wrapped around his shoulders, partially
revealing his upper torso which is further adorned with bejewelled
necklaces, and a dhoti with an iron-red outer layer decorated with
gilt floral scrolls and a yellow inner layer with red floral roundels.
His hair is enamelled blue and falls over the shoulders in two
tassels, while the rest is swept into a high topknot, secured by
a jewel behind a five-leaf diadem. The figure is supported on a
separate triangular pedestal moulded and decorated in polychrome
enamels with double rows of lotus lappets.
20 ¿ in. (51 cm.) high
HK$15,000,000-20,000,000 US$2,000,000-2,600,000

PROVENANCE
The Thompson Collection, according to the label

清乾隆 御製粉彩無量壽佛坐像

來源
Thompson 珍藏（據標籤）

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