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PROPERTY FROM A BOSTON COLLECTION
A Gilt Bronze Figure of Manjushri
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
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A Gilt Bronze Figure of Manjushri
Tibet, 15th Century
Seated on a slightly domed double-lotus base with his hands in the teaching gesture, flanked by his attributes of the sword and manuscript supported by lotus flowers at his shoulders, wearing a diaphanous dhoti with elaborate beaded borders, beaded necklaces and armlets, his face with a benign expression surmounted by a foliate tiara, richly gilt overall, the back of the base with red lacquer
8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm.) high
Tibet, 15th Century
Seated on a slightly domed double-lotus base with his hands in the teaching gesture, flanked by his attributes of the sword and manuscript supported by lotus flowers at his shoulders, wearing a diaphanous dhoti with elaborate beaded borders, beaded necklaces and armlets, his face with a benign expression surmounted by a foliate tiara, richly gilt overall, the back of the base with red lacquer
8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm.) high