A BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITABHA Tibet, 15th c. H.... Lot 20

A BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITABHA Tibet, 15th c. H. 13,4 cm Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with both hands resting in dhyanamudra on his lap supporting the alms-bowl, wearing diaphanous monastic garment, its raised borders incised with a geometric design, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, urna cavity on his forehead, painted facial details, pierced elongated earlobes, blue coloured curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha and topped with a lotus bud, sealed. From an old and important German private collection, collected between 1950 and 1987, collection number C 22. Published: U. Toyka-Fuong, Ikonographie und Symbolik des tibetischen Buddhismus, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1987, C 22, pp. 58 - 59 - Wear, minor traces of age