Lot Essay
For a smaller related example from the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, see P. Pal, Indian Sculpture, vol. 2, 1988, cat. no. 87.
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PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN COLLECTION
A Gilt Copper Figure of Manjushri
NORTHEASTERN INDIA OR NEPAL, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY
Details
A Gilt Copper Figure of Manjushri
Northeastern India or Nepal, circa 12th Century
Seated in maharajalilasana over a double lotus base flanked by blooming lotuses--one bearing the book attribute, wearing a jeweled belt, a 'sacred thread' across his chest, multi-stranded necklaces, armlets, anklets and beaded disk-shaped earrings, his face gently tipped to his right side with incised undulating brows over downcast eyes and aquiline nose with lips in a slight smile, topped by a foliate crown with inlaid amethyst and flaring sashes, with his hair piled in a high coiffure surmounted by an amethyst inlaid cintamani, base sealed and incised with floral visvavajra being a later Tibetan consecration
6¾ in. (17.2 cm.) high
Northeastern India or Nepal, circa 12th Century
Seated in maharajalilasana over a double lotus base flanked by blooming lotuses--one bearing the book attribute, wearing a jeweled belt, a 'sacred thread' across his chest, multi-stranded necklaces, armlets, anklets and beaded disk-shaped earrings, his face gently tipped to his right side with incised undulating brows over downcast eyes and aquiline nose with lips in a slight smile, topped by a foliate crown with inlaid amethyst and flaring sashes, with his hair piled in a high coiffure surmounted by an amethyst inlaid cintamani, base sealed and incised with floral visvavajra being a later Tibetan consecration
6¾ in. (17.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Previously sold at Christie's Amsterdam, 12 October 1993, lot 149