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311 A RARE INSCRIBED GILT-SILVER FIGURE

OF AMITABHA
DATED WANLI 20TH YEAR,
CORRESPONDING TO 1592

the Buddha cast in vajraparyankasana and dhyana mudra with
the palms incised with six-spoke dharmacakra, the hair in neat
whorls over the ushnisha and the face in a serene state of
meditation, wearing a kasaya of patchwork squares draped over
the rounded shoulders and a similarly decorated dhoti, both with
incised flowers and lotus meander, the back of the robe with an
incised dedicatory inscription within a rectangular cartouche,
all raised on a two-tiered lotus petal base further raised on a
pierced hexagonal standard and terminating with a foot of lotus
lappets, sealed with a metal plate

Height 14⅓ in., 36.5 cm
PROVENANCE
The Chang Foundation Collection.

LITERATURE
Jintongfo zaoxiang tulu/Buddhist Images in Gilt Metal, Taipei,
1993, pl. 6.

明萬曆貳拾年（1592年） 銀鎏金阿彌陀佛坐像
銘文：
萬曆貳拾年肆月初捌日光祿寺署正王文登喜拾己財謹造

來源
鴻禧美術館收藏

出版
《金銅佛造像圖錄》，台北，1993年，圖版6

$ 60,000-80,000