A fine and very rare Imperial silver and copper inlaid bronze figure of Akshobya China, Qing Dynasty, 18th Century finely cast seated in dhyanasana with hands in bhumisparsa mudra, dressed in loose robes spreading around the body and thrown over one shoulder to leave the chest bare, the robes finely inlaid in silver and copper with borders of wan diaper against a complex ground of scrolling flowers with large leaves, the flowerheads further inlaid in copper with radiating petals, the face with slender bowed eyes, sharp nose and bud mouth, with a stud urna below further studded registers of hair rising to the ushnisha terminating in a lotus-bud finial, the features painted in red and white against a ground of gold pigment 19 3/4 in., 50 cm
A fine and very rare Imperial silver and copper inlaid bronze figure of Akshobya China, Qing Dynasty, 18th Century finely cast seated in dhyanasana with hands in bhumisparsa mudra, dressed in loose robes spreading around the body and thrown over one shoulder to leave the chest bare, the robes finely inlaid in silver and copper with borders of wan diaper against a complex ground of scrolling flowers with large leaves, the flowerheads further inlaid in copper with radiating petals, the face with slender bowed eyes, sharp nose and bud mouth, with a stud urna below further studded registers of hair rising to the ushnisha terminating in a lotus-bud finial, the features painted in red and white against a ground of gold pigment 19 3/4 in., 50 cm
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