H. 21,8 cm Condition A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS, CHINA, Qianlong mark and period, dated 1770. Seated in vajrasana on a cloth draped over a throne with both hands resting in dhyanamudra on his lap, wearing dhoti, scarf, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes, his hair combed in a chignon secured with a tiara and a separate cast flaming mandorla behind, the base incised with the nine character mark Qianlong, unsealed-Provenance: Former old Berlin private collection-Minor wear, vase lost