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A BRASS ALLOY GAU WITH INCISED AMITAYUS A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF AMITAYUS
TIBET, 13TH/14TH CENTURY QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61722 With a later associated chakra affixed to his lap.
11 cm (4 1/4 in.) high Himalayan Art Resources item no.61645
10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.) high
HK$80,000 - 120,000
HK$80,000 - 120,000
西藏 十三/十四世紀 無量壽佛紋銅嘎烏盒
清朝 十八世纪 銅鎏金無量壽佛像
A gau is an amulet box used for protection when traveling, typically
with consecrated interiors. This example is heavily worn as the Amitayus represents the ‘apparitional, blissful form’ (sambhogakaya)
result of its extensive age. The cover is finely chased with an elegant of the Presiding Buddha Amitabha. This bronze is a particularly refined
figure of Amitayus, appearing in front of a beaded halo and a flaming casting of the style developed by Qing dynasty workshops. See
mandorla. The gau shares the same arched-shape and similar another example sold at Christie’s, New York, 21 March 2012, lot 808.
engraved effigies with two examples depicting Jambhala, published in
Ghose (ed.), Vanishing Beauty, Chicago, 2016, p.42, fig.8, and Heller, Provenance
Early Tibetan Art, India, 2008, p.165, no.59. Peter Fussel, London, late 1960s/70s

Provenance
Mimi Lipton, London, 2017

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