Previous Item | Gallery 1 | Soo Tze Oriental Antiques Main Gallery | Next Item
Contact Soo Tze Oriental Antiques


Back to A dark bronze image of Amitayus

Soo Tze Oriental Antiques

5. A dark bronze image of Amitayus
Sino Tibet
circa 18th Century
4 ¾”
A dark bronze image of Amitayus
Detail: back

The Buddha of Long Life is modeled on a Pala Dynasty style, which was fashionable in the 18th Century. He wears a high chignon and large ear ornaments as well as his Bodhisattva jewelry. He is seated on a lotus throne, and holds a vase with the elixir of life. Traces of red pigment to his hair and his eyes. This image is still sealed and consecrated.

Provenance: Rare Art exhibiting at Asia House, Ithaca, April 1978.

Back to A dark bronze image of Amitayus
all text & images © Soo Tze Oriental Antiques
Previous Item | Gallery 1 | Soo Tze Oriental Antiques Main Gallery | Next Item
Contact Soo Tze Oriental Antiques