A GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI AND SARASWATI NEPAL, 19TH CENTURY
the bodhisattva and consort seated together on a double-lotus throne surmounted by a flaming Prabha, four-faced Manjushri with the primary hands at the center in Dharmachakra mudra, the six auxiliary hands holding ritual weapons and implements, Saraswati with the right hand lowered in Abhaya mudra and the left hand raised in Vitarka mudra
Height 6 3/4 in., 17.2 cm
Details
- Title : A GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI AND SARASWATI NEPAL, 19TH CENTURY
- Year : 19TH CENTURY
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Gilt Copper
- Dimension : Height 6 3/4 in., 17.2 cm
- Accession No : LOT 1173
- Country/ Geo-location : NEPAL
- Collection : Sotheby’s
- Status : SOLD AT: SATURDAY AT SOTHEBY’S: ASIAN ART 18 MARCH 2017 | 10:00 AM EDT NEW YORK
- ESTIMATE : 2,000 — 3,000 USD
- LOT SOLD : 4,000 USD