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16TH AND 19TH CENTURY
Details
A Tibetan bronze figure of Manjusri and a Tibeto Chinese bronze of Usnishavijaya
16th and 19th century
The first bronze cast in vajrasana and seated on a lotus pericarp, both hands formery holding lotus stems which support the manuscript and presently broken sword, bejewelled and partly set with semi-precious stones, his face with serene expression and five-leaf tiara in front of the chignon, sealed; the second representing Usnishavijaya, seated in vajrasana, eigth-armed and three-faced, unsealed
circa 16 cm high (2)
16th and 19th century
The first bronze cast in vajrasana and seated on a lotus pericarp, both hands formery holding lotus stems which support the manuscript and presently broken sword, bejewelled and partly set with semi-precious stones, his face with serene expression and five-leaf tiara in front of the chignon, sealed; the second representing Usnishavijaya, seated in vajrasana, eigth-armed and three-faced, unsealed
circa 16 cm high (2)
Provenance
Manjusri: Slim Bouchoucha, Paris 1979
Ushnishavijya: OGA'I, San Isidro 1978
Ushnishavijya: OGA'I, San Isidro 1978
Exhibited
Museo Nacional de Arte Oriental, Arte del Himalaya, Buenos Aires 1980 (both bronzes)
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