amitayus Gilt copper alloy with painted details and paste and pearl insets Tibeto-Chinese

The finely cast and gilded image of the Long Life deity wearing bodhisattva jewelry inset with paste and pearls, a long dhoti with engraved floral pattern borders and a scarf over the shoulders looping at the elbow, seated in vajraparyankasana on an elegant circular lotus pedestal.

Acquired Kyoto, Japan, 1984

Good condition. Most pieces of semi-precious stone inlay either missing or broken. Original gilding rubbed at the back of the sash laid over the arms and very slightly on the face otherwise very good condition. Blue/green paint on the hair slightly rubbed in places. The consecration plate, original but re-attached, engraved with a visvavajra.
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