Asian Art I - 20th May 2015
Lot 45
A SINO-TIBETAN COPPERY-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS QING DYNASTY Seated in dhyanasana and holding a...
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A SINO-TIBETAN COPPERY-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS
QING DYNASTY
Seated in dhyanasana and holding a triratna and raised on a plain base, together with a cigar case, a pipe and a photograph of Captain Younghusband, 13.5cm. (4)
Provenance: formerly from the collection of Captain William Charles Hayman Francis Younghusband, The Tibet Expedition 1903-4, by direct descent.
Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Buddhist Statues of Tibet, p.222, no.211, for another figure of Amitayus.