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Lot 65

A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI

Estimated Value:

1.200 € - 1.800 €

Result:

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Description:

Tibet, late 18th c.
H. 10,8 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with his right hand holding the sword while the left the stem of a lotus flowering along his left shoulder supporting the manuscript, wearing dhoti, bejewelled and his face displaying a serene expression, resealed.
From an old and important German private collection, collected between 1950 and 1987, collection number C 64
Published: U. Toyka-Fuong, Ikonographie und Symbolik des tibetischen Buddhismus, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1987, C 64, pp. 168 and 169 - Minor wear