AMITAYUS STATUETTE IN REPELLENT COPPER AND PARTIALLY GOLD
NEPAL, XVIII-XIXTH CENTURY
Represented sitting in Vajrasana on a lotiform pedestal, hands in Dhyanamudra supporting the vase at the beginning, wearing a long skirt, a scarf on the shoulders, adorned with jewels, serene face, hair combed in a high bun, sealed by a posterior wooden plate
Height: 19.6 cm. (7 in.)
Details
- Title : A PARCEL-GILT REPOUSSE COPPER FIGURE OF AMITAYUS
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Gilt Bronze
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Period : 18TH/19TH CENTURY
- Collection : Christies
- LOT : 467
- Post Lot Text : A PARCEL-GILT REPOUSSE COPPER FIGURE OF AMITAYUS NEPAL, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
- Price realised : EUR 1,875
- Estimate : EUR 800 - EUR 1,200