A NEPALESE GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF MANJUSRI, standing in slight tribhanga on an oval base, his right hand stretched downwards in varadamudra, his left holding the stem of the utpala flowering along his left shoulder and supporting the pustaka, wearing dhoti, sash, scarf, bodhisattva-ornaments, five-leaf crown, all set with semi-precious stones, his face with downcast expression, aquiline nose, urna, elongated earlobes with diamond-shaped earrings, each set with a bead, the hairdress in a high chignon, late 15th Century