GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A SEATED BUDDHA AMITAYUS WITH FLAME, China, qianlong period, dated 1770.
h. 21.5 cm
Gilt bronze figure of the Buddha Amitayus with flame seated on a pedestal, it bears the six-character mark of the Qianlong Emperor and the date geng yin (庚寅) corresponding to the year 1770. On the inside it bears the Bao mark (宝).