California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 March 12, 2016  March 12, 2016

 Lot # 1067 
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF MANJUSRI    清 銅鎏金文殊菩薩像


  • Dimension: Height: 12 1/8 in (30.8 cm) Width: 8 in (20.3 cm)
  • Estimate From: $4500
  • Estimate To: $9500

Shown seated upon a double lotus throne on a rectangular sectioned plinth carved with mythical beasts and ritual motifs, adorned with elaborate jewellery embellished with turquoise beads, the arms raised in dharamcakramudra to the chest, holding two stalks of uptala lotuses rising up the shoulders, the face with a benevolent expression, surmounted by a five-leaf diadem around a high chignon. Qing Dynasty period.