AMITAYUS, förgylld kopparlegering. Qingdynstin, Qianlong (1736-95).
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Graverad skrift med cyklisk datering som korresponderar till 1770, och från tiden. Sittande på hög tron i dhyanasana med händerna i knät som skulle hålla en vas, som saknas. Höjd 18,5 cm.
Vasen, del av krona samt nimbus/mandorla saknas.
Proveniens
Formerly in the collection of Danish Archaeologist, Ethnographer, Art Collector and Museum Director Werner Jacobsen (1914-79). Jacobsen studied archeology and participated 1938-39 in the Danish Royal Geografic Societys Expedition to Mongolia under the lead of Henning Haslund-Christensens.
During the years 1946-59 he lived in India and Nepal and acquired many pieces for National Museum in Denmark, The Royal Library, the Moesgård Museum and himself. He set up a scientific center in Kathmandu, Nepal and later in Denmark where he organized all the material and information he had gathered.
In 1940-45 he was employed the Danish National Museum, in 1961 he became Museum Director for the Etnografic Collection. 1963-78 he was the head of the information and educational Department at the Museum. The collection was acquired from Werner Jacobsen as a whole when he sold it to gather funds for new expeditions. Thence by descent to the present owner.
Övrig information
Many similar statues of Amitayus were made, especially in the Qing dynasty, because it was believed that the merit gained by commissioning multiple images would increase the life of both the donor and the person to whom they were given. The Qianlong emperor had a great number made for his and his mother's birthdays.
The inscription reads 'respectfully made in the .. year of the Qianlong reign of the great Qing dynasty'.
