Item: Amitayus Buddha - Sambhogakaya

Tibetan: སངས་རྒྱས་ཚེ་དཔག་མེད། Chinese: 无量寿佛

(item no. 86332)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1300 - 1399
Lineages	Buddhist
Material	Bronze
Collection	Alan Robert Naftalis

Alternate Names: Aparimitayurjñana

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Peaceful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Amitayus. Eastern Tibet or possible Northern Burma, 13th/14th century, bronze with unique Tibetan folk script inscription, partially sealed. Approx 11 1/2"/ 30cm. Unusual base design compare with Amitayas formerly in the Kronos Colletion, now in collection of the Metropolitan Museum and illustrated as object 25, page 70 in The Flame and the Lotus (Martin Lerner) and attributed as Northern Burma(?).

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