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280 | Bonhams A gilt-bronze figure of Amitayus
Qianlong
The bodhisattva seated in dhyanasana on a tapering rectangular
pedestal, the hands resting in a dhyana mudra, the hair piled in a
high knot and adorned with a five-leaf tiara, embellished with ornate
earrings and beaded jewellery, framed by a flaming mandorla.
20.3cm (8in) high
£2,000 - 3,000
HK$25,000 - 37,000 CNY20,000 - 29,000

清乾隆 銅鎏金無量壽佛坐像

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A Tibetan partially gilt-bronze figure of Amitayus
with mandorla and tiered stand
18th/19th century
The figure of Amitayus cast seated cross-legged in dhyanasana with
the hands holding a baluster vase issuing a lotus and three tassells,
the face with lips painted red and adorned with heavy circular
earrings beneath the ornate crown, the figure attached to a tiered
stand with stylised flowers set with coloured beads between stepped
layers, a mandorla framing the figure cast with the Buddhist parasol
issuing leafy fronds flanked on each side by a bird singing out amidst
foliate scrolls and perching on a standard held by a rampant chilong
on a lotus pedestal.
Overall 23cm (9in) high (2).
£3,000 - 5,000
HK$37,000 - 62,000 CNY29,000 - 49,000

十八/十九世紀 西藏銅局部鎏金無量壽佛坐像，連背光及座