Lot Essay
This figure relates well to the Dehua blanc-de-Chine examples of this subject such as the example sold in these Rooms, 20 March 1990, lot 553
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A VERY RARE SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF MANJUSRI
SHISOU MARK, 18TH CENTURY
The goddess seated on a rockwork platform beside a bottle vase, wearing a voluminous flowing robe with deep folds, the robe open at the chest to reveal a beaded necklace, her hands crossed and resting on her raised right knee, in her right hand the scroll of wisdom, her face lowered with a benign expression below a headscarf partially covering her hair, the robes and vase inlaid with silver-wire clouds and foliate scrolls, inscribed to the reverse Yutang Shisou (several silver wires missing)--14 1/4in. (37cm.) high, stand
SHISOU MARK, 18TH CENTURY
The goddess seated on a rockwork platform beside a bottle vase, wearing a voluminous flowing robe with deep folds, the robe open at the chest to reveal a beaded necklace, her hands crossed and resting on her raised right knee, in her right hand the scroll of wisdom, her face lowered with a benign expression below a headscarf partially covering her hair, the robes and vase inlaid with silver-wire clouds and foliate scrolls, inscribed to the reverse Yutang Shisou (several silver wires missing)--14 1/4in. (37cm.) high, stand