A GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI

Description:

Tibet, early 16th cent.
H. 21 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with his hands in dharmacakramudra, a pair of lotuses flowering along his upper arms supporting the sword respectively manuscript, wearing dhoti fastened around his waist with a belt, scarf floating around his shoulders with its streamers encircling his arms while their finials falling down on the base, jewelry partly set with semi-precious beads, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into his nose-bridge, raised urna, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with ear ornaments, his hair combed in chignon topped with a turquoise inlaid ratna emblem and secured with a tiara decorated with a pair of pattras, unsealed
Old Belgium private collection by repute - Traces of age, very minor rest.