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A copper alloy figure of Amitayus
Qing, 18th century

14 September 2015, 14:00 EDT
New York

Sold for US$5,250 inc. premium

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A copper alloy figure of Amitayus

Qing, 18th century
Clad in silks with patterned hems, his face with rounded features framed by long tresses falling across his shoulders and pulled into a high chignon secured with a five-petal crown; with traces of cold gold throughout.
6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm) high

Footnotes

清十八世紀 無量壽佛銅坐像

Pieces of similar style and period were sold at Bonhams, New York, 16 March 2015, lot 41; 17 March 2014, lot 31; 18 September 2013, lots 19 & 20; and 18 March 2013, lot 159. Also compare to a bronze published in von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, no. 153b; and another in Art Lamaïque, Brussels, 1975, pl.80.

Referenced:
HAR - himalayanart.org/items/33004

Provenance:
Collection of Edith and Walter Simmons, acquired in Japan before 1953
Thence by inheritance to the Estate of Walter Simmons, Maryland

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