• Dimension: Height: 15 in (38.1 cm) Length: 12 in (30.5 cm) Width: 7 1/2 in (19.1 cm)
• Estimate From: $1500
• Estimate To: $3200

Cast seated in dhyanasana with his hands in dhyana mudra, wearing a sanghati open revealing the belly, the full round face with downcast eyes and gentle smile, the base unsealed. Ming Dynasty period.

阿彌陀佛是主持西方極樂世界的教主，形象為雙手在趺坐的雙膝上平行疊放，稱為禪定印。這尊造像是標準的明代中原漢傳佛教造像，整體鎏金厚重，鏨花精美。造像雙手結禪定印，結全跏趺坐。頭部較大，頭飾螺發，肉髻圓隆高凸，頂飾摩尼寶珠，是宋元以來中原漢傳佛教常見的裝飾形式。面相方圓端莊，眼瞼低垂，目光下斂，雙目宛若未開敷的蓮花苞，俯視著芸芸眾生，神態慈祥柔和。上身著雙領式通肩大衣，下身著高束腰長裙，腰繫束帶並打結。衣紋採用內地傳統寫實性技法，簡潔流暢。整尊造型端莊大方，比例舒展勻稱，胎體厚重敦實。