A fine gilt-bronze figure of Amitayus


18th centuryThe Buddha of long-life finely cast and richly gilded, seated cross-legged atop a tall, stepped, double lotus plinth with finely beaded edges and engraved decorative borders, the hands held in dhyana mudra and flanked by billowing scarves, adorned with finely detailed jewellery and a five-pointed crown, his ushnisha capped with a distinctive vajra finial, the face with contemplative expression. 17cm (6 3/4in) high.
|十八世紀 銅鎏金無量壽佛坐像Provenance: reputedly gifted by Count Tito Francois to Mr. Raffaello Landini in the 1960's, and thence by descent.來源：據傳於1960年代由Tito Francois伯爵贈予Raffaello Landini先生，並由後人保存迄今Count Tito Francois was a descendant of Alessandro Francois, a 19th century archaeologist and nobleman who discovered the important Greek Krater known as the 'Francois vase', now in the collection of the Museum Archeologico in Florence. Count Tito Francois lived in the Castle of Querceto, and was Mr. Raffaello Landini's neighbour in his mansion of Villa Vitiano, San Polo, Chianti.