A PARCEL GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI

Description:

Tibeto-Chinese, early 19th c.
H. 10,6 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with his right hand raised holding the sword-hilt while the left is showing the vitarkamudra originally holding the stem of a lotus flowering along his left upper arm supporting the manuscript, wearing dhoti, scarf, bejewelled, his fcae displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, blue coloured hairdo topped with a ratna and secured with a five-leaf tiara, unsealed.
From an old European private collection, acquired prior to 2000 - Blade of the sword lost, minor wear, two fingers repl.