A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI Tibet, late... Lot 43

A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI Tibet, late 18th c. H. 10,8 cm Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with his right hand holding the sword while the left the stem of a lotus flowering along his left shoulder supporting the manuscript, wearing dhoti, bejewelled and his face displaying a serene expression, resealed. From an old and important German private collection, collected between 1950 and 1987, collection number C 64 Published: U. Toyka-Fuong, Ikonographie und Symbolik des tibetischen Buddhismus, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1987, C 64, pp. 168 and 169 - Minor wear