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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF MANJUVAJRA
NEPAL, 18TH CENTURY
Details
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF MANJUVAJRA
NEPAL, 18TH CENTURY
The three-headed deity is cast separately from its double-lotus base and holds his principal arms in varadamudra and before his chest while the remaining arms radiate around him. He is elaborately adorned with a flaming arched mandorla, jewellery, billowing scarves and crowns. The base is cast with a bead rim.
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) high
NEPAL, 18TH CENTURY
The three-headed deity is cast separately from its double-lotus base and holds his principal arms in varadamudra and before his chest while the remaining arms radiate around him. He is elaborately adorned with a flaming arched mandorla, jewellery, billowing scarves and crowns. The base is cast with a bead rim.
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) high
Provenance
Formerly part of a Brussels private collection.