A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS QIANLONG MARK AND PERIOD, DATED 1770

seated in dhyanasana with the hands folded in dhyanamudra, wearing a dhoti tied over the left shoulder and embellished with ornate beaded jewellery, the head crowned by a five-leaf tiara, all supported on a tapering rectangular throne with drapery over the front and foliate supports at the corners, engraved with an inscription reading Da Qing Qianlong gengyin nian jingzao (Respectfully made in the gengyin year of the Qianlong period in the Great Qing dynasty), corresponding to 1770

The bronze is missing the flaming aureole and the vessel held in the hands, denting to the base and crown, scratches and rubbing to the gilded decoration.
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