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A RARE IMPERIAL PALE GREEN JADE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS Amitayus is one of the most popular meditational deities in Vajravana
17th/18th century Buddhism where he is highly revered for his longevity attributes, pure
The deity finely cast seated in vajrasana, the face with serene perception and awareness of the emptiness of phenomena. According
expression and downcast eyes, surmounted by pleated hair arranged to the ‘Larger Sūtra of Immeasurable Life’, compiled during the 1st
in a high chignon and topped with a lotus and pointed finial, all around or 2nd century AD, the infinite merits possessed by the deity resulted
a foliate tiara, the figure wearing a shawl over his shoulder ending in from the performance of good deeds in his past lives as a bodhisattva
flowing ribbons, bedecked with elaborate jewellery above a thin dhoti named Dharmakara. Having attained Enlightenment, the deity resided
loosely gathered over his legs, the stone of even pale green tone in the wondrous realm of Sukhavati.
flecked with small beige and icy inclusions, hongmu stand.
19cm (7 1/2in) high. (2). While there are extant examples of jade carvings of Buddha, figures
of Amitayus are much rarer. For related jade figures of Buddha,
£20,000 - 30,000 Qing dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, see the Compendium
CNY180,000 - 270,000 of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 8 Qing Dynasty, Beijing,
2011, nos.234-238 and 264-265.

十七/十八世紀 御製青白玉雕無量壽佛像 See two related pale green jade figures of Buddha, dated 18th century
and 18th/19th century, which were sold at Bonhams London,
Provenance: a distinguished English private collection 8 November 2012, lot 3, and 14 May 2015, lot 115.

來源：英國傑出私人收藏

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