A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS TIBET, 14TH / 15TH CENTURY

the deity in vajraparyankasana with hands together holding a jivana-kalasha adorned with semi-precious stones, wearing loose robes and seated atop a double lotus throne with raised pearl motif, with serene expression and downcast eyes, silver urna and elongated earlobes, the hair and ushnisha adorned with a finial, wearing the five-pointed crown inlaid with semi-precious stones, the baseplate sealed and incised with a vishvavajra

Wear and minor accretion overall. Loss of inlaid stones to the crown and vase. Slight bending to crown element. Vase rejoined to palms of hands and slightly loose. Traces of polychroming to hair and face. Baseplate sealed with vishvavajra.
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