* Two Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Figures of Amitayus likely qianlong period (1735-1796) each seated in dhynasana in front of a flaming mandorla, wearing a dhoti and hands held in dhyana mudra, all raised from a rectangular plinth, one base inscribed Daqing Qianlong gengyin nian jing zao, 'Respectfully made in the gengyin year of the Qianlong reign of the Great Qing Dynasty'. Height of taller 8 1/2 inches. Estimate 5,000-7,000 Property from the Collection of Ms. Donna Kostecki, Crown Point, Indiana Provenance: Estate of Mary Farkas, East Chicago, Indiana, thence by descent Height of taller 21.6cm