Asian Art - Antique & Decorative

A CHINESE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS, QIANLONG...

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Start price: £4,800

Estimated price: £6,000 - £8,000

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A CHINESE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795). The Buddha seated on an open work floral edged rectangular base holding a bumpa in front of a separately cast flaming mandorla. The front of the base inscribed from right to left ‘Da Qing Qianlong Xin Si nian Jing zao’. Corresponding to the Xinsi year of Qianlong period, 1761. The interior inscribed, numbered 86. 20.8cm tall. Weight 2076 grams.

Provenance: From a private local Bath collection