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TWO FINE CHINESE GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF AMITAYUS, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (2)
A fine cast and gilt bronze sculpture of Amitayus on a rectangular stool with decorated scrollwork legs, seated in vajrasana, the hands in dhyanamudra, with the hair piled in high knot and adorned with a five-leaf high diadem (as Bodhisattvas wearing a crown 'five leaves' indicate that he is an entity not subject to natural laws), earrings, a necklace, with bracelets on the arms and wrists, the long robes draped in folds and falling pendent over the edge of the stool. The front stretcher of the stool incised with a nine-character mark Da Qing Qianlong geng ying nian jing zao, 'Respectfully made in the gengyin year of the Qianlong period of the Great Qing Dynasty; wear in the gilding, the mandorlas missing and one crown a bit leaning, dents at the bases.
20 cm high, 11,5 cm wide
20 cm high, 11,5 cm wide
ESTIMATE € 800 - 1.200
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TEN SILVER AND HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES, TOGETHER WITH A WOOD SHELF, CHINA, 19TH CENTURY (11)
TEN SILVER AND HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES, TOGETHER WITH A WOOD SHELF, CHINA, 19TH CENTURY (11)
ESTIMATE € 700 - 1.000