186. IMPORTANTE STATUETTE D'AMITAYUS EN BRONZE DORÉ Époque Kangxi (1662-1722) A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF AMITAYUS Kangxi Finely and heavily cast, standing upright on a double lotus base with beaded edges, with hands hands held in shunimudra, dressed in diaphanous robes with patterned hems gathered in ample folds around his arms and feet, the chest adorned with elaborate bejewelled necklaces, the face with a serene expression, below a large and elaborate crown. 36cm (14 1/8in) high 清康熙 銅鎏金無量壽佛立像 Provenance: Formerly in a German noble collection, acquired in China in the early 20th century, acquired from this collection 來源： 德國貴族舊藏，於二十世紀初得自中國 現藏家得自上述來源 Compare a stylistically similar figure from the collection of Hermann Freiherr Speck von Sternburg (1852-1908), published in Ingo Nentwig, Buddhas Leuchten & Kaisers Pracht. Die Pekinger Sammlung Hermann Speck von Sternburg, Leipzig, 2008, p.101.