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A BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS, MID-QING
A BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS, MID-QING
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A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS, MID-QING
China, 18th century. Finely and heavily cast seated in dhyanasana on a double-tiered lotus pedestal with beaded rim, wearing long flowing robes incised with detailed floral scroll borders, beaded necklaces, armlets and bracelets. The serene face with heavy-lidded downcast eyes below gently arched eyebrows, a broad nose, and slender lips, flanked by long pendulous earlobes with lotus earrings, the hair arranged in a high chignon behind the elaborate crown.

Provenance: Antiquitaeten Gabriele Ruef, Munich, Germany, 30 May 1967. Collection of Leopold Strasser (1919-2010), acquired from the above and thence by descent within the same family. Old collector's number '0324' written in white to the interior of the base. Copies of the original invoice, dated 30 May 1967, signed by Gabriele Ruef and stating a purchase price of DM 390, as well as an attached expertise, erroneously describing the statue as Tibetan, and with a hand-drawn image of the bronze, accompany this lot.
Condition: Good condition with some casting irregularities, the base unsealed, the interior with encrustations, the inlays and kalasha lost, small nicks and dents, extensive wear to gilt.

Weight: 882.1 g
Dimensions: Height 16.8 cm

Auction result comparison: Compare a related gilt bronze figure of Amitayus, also dated to the 18th century and of closely related size, at Christie's New York in Exquisite Splendor: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 1-15 December 2015, lot 44, sold for USD 15,000. Compare also a related but larger (33 cm high) gilt bronze Amitayus at Christie's London in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 10 May 2011, lot 78, sold for GBP 61,250.

清代中期銅鎏金無量壽佛坐蓮像
中國,十八世紀。精美製作的無量壽佛手結禪定印,結跏趺坐坐於雙層蓮座上,蓮座周邊寶珠裝飾。無量壽佛身著飄逸長袍,長袍上有著精緻的花卉紋,佩戴著串珠項鍊,臂環和手鐲。 無量壽佛平靜的面容,眼瞼下垂,眉毛微微拱起,寬鼻,嘴唇微抿,臉部兩側是長長的耳垂,耳垂上佩戴著蓮花耳環,頭髮高聳,佩戴著精緻的皇冠。

來源:德國慕尼黑Antiquitaeten Gabriele Ruef古玩藝廊,1967年5月30日。Leopold Strasser (1919-2010)收藏,購於上述收藏,保存在同一家族至今。底座内用白色寫著舊時藏家編號'0324'。隨附一份原始單據的複件,可見藝廊主簽名和當時的售價390馬克, 以及鑒定(不過錯誤描述爲西藏造像)與手繪造像。
品相: 品相良好,鑄造不規則,底座未密封,內部有結殼,遺失了鑲嵌寶石,局部小刻痕和凹痕,鍍金層磨損嚴重。

重量:882.1 克
尺寸:高16.8 厘米

拍賣結果比較:一件相近無量壽佛銅鎏金造像,尺寸相近,十八世紀,于紐約佳士得Exquisite Splendor: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art2015年12月1-15日 lot 44, 售價USD 15,000。 一件相近但更大 (高33 厘米) 的銅鎏金無量壽佛于倫敦佳士得Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 2011年5月10日 lot 78, 售價GBP 61,250。
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS, MID-QING

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