GILT – BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITABHA

China, 17th Century, Ming dynasty

GILT – BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITABHA,  seated in vajrasana on a shaped plinth, wearing underskirt secured with a knotted ribbon, a wide-sleeved mantle covering both shoulders, its border incised with scrolling tendrils, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into the nose-bridge, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with ear ornaments, the hair combed into a chignon with some tresses running along shoulders and upper arms, secured with a pierced tiara and its front cast with a ratna.

High 21 cm  

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Property from a South French private collection