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CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME SIECLE
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STATUE DE MANJUSHRI EN BRONZE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME SIECLE
He sits in vajrasana on a lotus base with his right hand holding the sword and his left holding the manuscript and the stem of a lotus flowering along his shoulder. He wears a dhoti, an urna at his forehead and his cold gilded face displays a serene expression. His hair is combed in a chignon secured with a tiara; unsealed.
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) high
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME SIECLE
He sits in vajrasana on a lotus base with his right hand holding the sword and his left holding the manuscript and the stem of a lotus flowering along his shoulder. He wears a dhoti, an urna at his forehead and his cold gilded face displays a serene expression. His hair is combed in a chignon secured with a tiara; unsealed.
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) high
Provenance
By repute, acquired in the early 1930s in Asia and thence by descent.
Property from a French private collection.
Property from a French private collection.
Further details
A BRONZE FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
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