A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD | 清乾隆 鎏金銅無量壽佛坐像 《無量壽佛》款

A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS

QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD

清乾隆 鎏金銅無量壽佛坐像 《無量壽佛》款

heavily cast and richly gilt, seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base with hands held in dhyana mudra and holding a bumpa, dressed in an elaborate robe embellished with semi-precious stones, the face with a serene expression beneath a five-leaf tiara, framed by a separately cast flaming mandorla, the base inscribed with four characters reading wu liang shou fo (Amitayus)

Height 20.8 cm, 8⅛ in.