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A FAMILLE-ROSE AND GILT FIGURE OF
AMITAYUS
QING DYNASTY, DAOGUANG PERIOD

seated in dhyanasana, the hands held in dhyanamudra
supporting a vase, the shoulders draped with a billowing lime-
green shawl detailed with stylised lotus scrolls, the dhoti with
an outer layer decorated with gilt floral scrolls on an iron-red
ground revealing the bright turquoise inner layer with further
floral roundels, the gilt body adorned with ornamental jewels,
the serene face surmounted with a five-leaf crown over
blue hair swept into a topknot with the rest falling over the
shoulders
24.5 cm, 9⅝ in.

£ 6,000-8,000
HK$ 62,000-82,500 US$ 7,900-10,600
清道光 粉彩描金無量壽佛坐像

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