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PROPERTY FROM A PENNSYLVANIA PRIVATE
COLLECTION
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF
AMITAYUS
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
cast seated in vajraparyankasana with the hands
held in dhyana mudra and in place to support
a vessel containing the elixir of longevity, the
face with serene expression framed by a foliate
" ve-point tiara, a sash encircling the shoulders
and arms, dressed in a dhoti with " nely chased
borders, raised on a double-lotus base, sealed
and with a chased double-vajra
Height 6¾ in., 17.2 cm
PROVENANCE
Cathay Gallery, Chicago (according to label).
Sotheby’s New York, 11th-12th April 1990, lot 396.
A similar " gure was sold in these rooms,
18th-19th March 2014, lot 273.

$ 6,000-8,000
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TWO GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF
AMITAYUS
DATED QIANLONG PERIOD,
GENGYIN YEAR, CORRESPONDING
TO 1770
each cast seated in dhyanasana on a rectangular
plinth, the hands held in dhyanamudra, wearing a
simple robe draped over the left shoulder leaving
the right exposed as well as the jewelled necklace,
the face with a meditative expression beneath
a coi+ ure behind a " ve-leaf diadem, all framed
by a separately cast ! aming mandorla, the front
of the plinth with an inscription reading Da Qing
Qianlong gengyin nian jingzao (Respectfully made
in the gengyin year during the Qianlong period in
the Great Qing dynasty, corresponding to 1770)
(2)
Height 8⅜ in., 21.3 cm
$ 10,000-15,000
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