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STATUE DE MANJUSHRI EN BRONZE DORE
Lot 113COLLECTION OF DR. BERISLAV BORCIC (1891-1977) (LOT 113-118)

Dr Berislav Borcic was director of the School of Public Health in Zagreb and health consultant for the League of Nations. Since 1930, he worked regularly with his colleague Andrija Stampar in China to develop a Public Health plan for long range collaboration between the Ministry and the League of Nations Health Organization.

STATUE DE MANJUSHRI EN BRONZE DORE

CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME SIECLE

Closed13 December 2017

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STATUE DE MANJUSHRI EN BRONZE DORE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME SIECLE
Il est représenté assis en vajrasana sur une base lotiforme. La main droite brandit une épée partiellement manquante, la gauche en vitarkamudra tenant à l'origine une tige de lotus supportant le pustaka. Il est vêtu du dhoti et paré de bijoux. Son visage est serein, ses cheveux coiffés en un haut chignon rehaussé d'une tiare; rescellée et manques.
Hauteur: 11 cm. (4 ¼ in.)

Collection of Dr. Berislav Borcic (1891-1977), the Yogoslav Public Health specialist who worked in China as League of Nations Health consultant in the late 1920s to 1930s.