Arts d'Asie

A gilt-bronze figure of Amitayus Mongolia, 18th century | 蒙古十八世紀鎏金銅無量壽佛坐像

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June 14, 03:20 PM GMT

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40,000 - 60,000 EUR

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A gilt-bronze figure of Amitayus

Mongolia, 18th century

Height 19 cm, 7½ in.

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Statuette d'Amitayus en bronze doré, Mongolie, XVIIIe siècle

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蒙古十八世紀鎏金銅無量壽佛坐像

The Buddha is seated in vajraparyankasana on a double lotus base with his right hand in bhumisparsha mudra and holding a patra in the left. His diaphanous robes are decorated with finely incised floral-patterned hems. Stylistic features such as the tall, stepped pedestal with plain lotus petals and the distinctive modelling with broad shoulders and youthful face are hallmarks of sculpture made after the great Mongolian hierarch and master artist Zanabazar (1635-1723). Compare a gilt Shakyamuni Buddha in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, with similar modelling, physiognomy, decorated robe hems, and stepped base with a gilded visvavajra on the sealing plate (with later modification), in Patricia Berger and Terese Tse Bartholomew, Mongolia: The Legacy of Chinggis Khan, Thames and Hudson, 1995, p. 80, fig. 5.

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A gilt-bronze figure of Amitayus Mongolia, 18th century | 蒙古 十八世紀 鎏金銅無量壽佛坐像

A gilt-bronze figure of Amitayus Mongolia, 18th century | 蒙古十八世紀鎏金銅無量壽佛坐像