• Dimension: Height: 9 1/2 in (24.1 cm) Length: 6 3/4 in (17.1 cm) Width: 4 1/2 in (11.4 cm)
• Estimate From: $4000
• Estimate To: $8000

Cast seated in vajraparyanakasana on a double lotus pedestal, the right arm raised wielding a sword, the left hand raised to the chest holding the curved stem of uptala lotuses, wearing a dhoti falling into neat pleats and incised with foliate scroll borders, the chest adorned with beaded necklaces and draped over with a billowing scarf around the shoulder and arms, the benevolent face surmounted by a diadem before a high chignon. Qing Dynasty Qianlong period.

Provenance: Property from an important private collection, Los Angeles
此尊文殊菩薩像，細觀菩薩，面相圓潤豐滿如童子般充滿朝氣，彎眉目微瞌，相容靜謐，髮髻高束，頭戴五葉寶冠，上身袒露，周身佩戴瓔珞釧環等配飾，以綠鬆和珊瑚鑲嵌。右手高擎智慧寶劍，表示菩薩的智慧如利刃般能斬斷一切煩惱與愚癡；左臂外側攀附的蓮花上奉經書，代表般若智慧浩瀚如經卷。下身著長裙，衣紋自然寫實。全跏趺坐於雙層束腰仰覆蓮花寶座上，上下各緣飾連珠紋，束腰，蓮瓣裡外兩層，立體感極強，與典型的乾隆時期造像採用的蓮座制式相符。整件作品比例結構精準，纖細又不失健美的身形，顯示其受到比較強烈的西藏造像風格的影響，在漢傳菩薩造像的祥和儒雅、柔美端莊中，注入了一種強健英武之氣，品相及封底皆完好，非常難得。 來源：洛杉磯重要私人藏家提供