A TIBETAN PARCEL-GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI

A TIBETAN PARCEL-GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI
17TH CENTURY

The God of Wisdom seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base, his right hand in varanda mudra and left hand in vitarka mudra, wearing elaborate beaded jewellery, his hair arranged into a topknot secured by a foliate crown, flanked by a pair of lotus stems bearing his attributes of a sword and a book, 472g, 13.5cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Mr Nicholas Squire (1949-2024), Suffolk, England, purchased from Deborah Ashencaen & Gennady Leonov, The Himalayan Art Gallery, 11th June 2002. Together with a copy of a valuation document from the Himalayan Art Gallery, dated June 2002.

Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Buddhist Statues of Tibet, p.200, no.191 for a larger example dated 17th/18th Century.

十七世紀 局部鎏金銅文殊菩薩坐像
來源: 英國薩福克郡Nicholas Squire先生（1949-2024）收藏, 2002年6月11日購於Deborah Ashencaen & Gennady Leonov 喜馬拉雅藝術藝廊, 附發票複印件及藝廊2002年6月的估價文件複印件。