A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI ATTRIBUTED TO SONAM GYALTSEN

Description:

Central Tibet, 15th ct.
H. 12,7 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base with his raised right hand brandishing the sword while the left is holding the stem of a lotus flowering along his left upper arm supporting the manuscript, wearing dhoti incised with flower-heads, jewellery set with turquoise beads, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into his nose-bridge, urna, his blue coloured hair combed in a chignon and secured with a tiara decorated with a pair of floating ribbons.
Former old Austrian private collection, acquired in 1980
Old Hungarian private collection, acquired in 2000
Very minor traces of age, resealed