A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS TIBET, 17TH CT. H. 14,2 cm Seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base with both hands resting on his lap in dhyanamudra supporting the kalasha, wearing dhoti, scarf draped around his shoulders, its streamers encircling his arms and its finials curling up, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into his nose-bridge, raise urna at his fore-head, elongated earlobes with large ear-ornaments, his hair combed in a chignon topped with a lotus-bud and secured with a tiara decorated with a pair of floating ribbons, unsealed Old European private collection, assembled prior 1990 Minor wear to gilding, traces of age