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Lot 22

A BRONZE FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI

Estimated Value:

1.800 € - 2.500 €

Schätzpreis:

3.600 €

Description:

Tibet, ca. 15 th c.
H. 15 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base with his raised right hand holding the sword and the left grasping the stem of a lotus flowering along his upper arm supporting a manuscript, wearing diaphanous dhoti, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, raised urna, his hair combed in a chignon and secured with a tiara, traces of pigments, resealed.
Old Berlin private collection, assembled before 1950
Part of the sword blade lost, minor wear