18TH CENTURY

This impressive and dynamic gilt-bronze figure of Manjushri is rare for the virtuosity of the casting technique and the expressive vitality of the figure itself. Displaying a fine attention to detail in the treatment of the robes and jewelry, the figure is also depicted with supple proportions that characterize the finest 18th century Chinese figures. Compare the modeling of the figure in particular with the famous gilt-bronze figure of a bodhisattva in the collection of the Newark Museum (50.146), illustrated by V. Reynolds in From the Sacred Realm: Treasures of Tibetan Art from the Newark Museum, New York, 1999, p. 226, cat. no. 130.