Description: Buddha Amitayus. Tibet / China. Old brass sculpture. Polychrome painting. Height 17.5 cm (6.9”). Weight 822 g. From North German private collection. His hands showing the dhyana mudra and holding the vase of long life (skt. jivana-kalasha). Seated in dhyana-asana on a double lotus throne. Powerful body and meek facial expression. Wearing a multi-leaved crown as well as the jewelry and clothes of an enlightened Buddhist Bodhisattva. Bottom covered with consecration plate. Slight signs of age and small hole at the height of the belly.