RARE MANJUSHRI STATUE OF GOLDEN COPPER
NEPAL, XIV-XVTH CENTURY
Represented seated in Lalitasana on a lotiform base, the right hand in Varadamudra, the left serving as support, a lotus flowering along his arm and supporting the manuscript, dressed with the dhoti incised with floral motifs, adorned with the Upavita, a scarf knotted on the naked torso, serene face, hair capped in Jatamakuta, forehead girded with a wreath, unsealed
Height: 18.5 cm. (7¼ in.)
Details
- Title : A RARE GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Gilt - Copper
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Period : 14TH/15TH CENTURY
- Collection : Christies
- LOT : 321
- Post Lot Text : A RARE GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI NEPAL, 14TH/15TH CENTURY
- Price realised : EUR 63,400
- Estimate : EUR 48,000 - EUR 52,000