A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF AMITAYUSMongolia, Zanabazar School, 18th centuryCast with an idealized physique and refined details, this gilt bronze figure represents Amitayus in full bodhisattva guise, with crown and jewels, sitting elegantly with both hands resting in his lap, holding a richly decorated vase containing the elixir of immortality, wearing hair ornaments of sumptuous crown leaves and earrings contrasting with the more restrained delineation of his necklace, aands, and bracelets.25 cm (9 7/8 in.) highFor further information on this lot please visit theProvenance: 蒙古 扎納巴扎爾風格 十八世紀 銅鎏金無量壽佛像Provenance: A. S. Mochin collection來源: A. S. Mochin舊藏Himalayan Art Resources item no.4502喜馬拉雅藝術資料庫編號4502The sculpture was created in the artistic idiom of Jebstundampa Khutukhtu Zanabazar (1635–1723), a Mongolian religious leader and master artist renowned for creating a unique style that incorporates elements from Newari, Chinese, and Pala sculptural traditions. Works in the Zanabazar style are characterized by lustrous gilding, smooth contours, as well as perfect proportions and details, as seen in the present figure. The fine arches of Amitayus' brows and his aquiline nose are also hallmarks of the Zanabazar school, as are the distinct lotus petals modeled in the round, with broad inner petals with upturned tips on top of identically-shaped, larger outer petals. The current lotpares favorably to two other closely related gilt bronze figures of Amitayus from the Zanabazar school: one preserved in The Fine Arts Zanabazar Museum, Ulaanbaatar, with very similar facial and body types, treatments of crown and hair, and almost identical base (HAR 50243); the other from the Collection of Altangerel Ayurzana, depicting the deity holding a similarly-designed, long-life vase wrapped in a piece of decorative textile with evenly arranged folds (see Ayurzana, Treasures of Mongolian Art, 2005, pp.38-9). Also see a Zanabazar-style gilt bronze Shadakshari with similar double-layered necklace design held in The Fine Arts Zanabazar Museum, Ulaanbaatar (HAR 81407). 在藏傳佛教中，居於西方極樂世界的阿彌陀佛可分為無量壽佛及無量光佛兩種神格形像。無量光佛化現為比丘裝，身穿袈娑，不戴寶冠，而本造像無量壽佛則為菩薩裝，頭戴五葉寶冠，髮髻高聳，餘髮披肩。面相豐腴圓潤，額間施白毫，鼻眉相連，咀角含笑，神情祥和。全身配飾繁複華麗，葉形耳環垂肩，上身袒露，胸前戴瓔珞項鏈，珠粒精圓勻稱，臂釧、手鐲、腳鐲均精工細作。下身著貼體薄裙，裙邊鏨刻卷花紋，裙褶呈放射狀鋪於座面。雙手於腹前結禪定印，掌心托寶瓶。全跏趺坐於蓮花座上，寶座高起，上下沿飾連珠紋，兩層蓮花瓣整齊交錯排列，蓮瓣寬扁，陰刻蓮蕊，為典型... For further information on this lot please visit the