A BRASS ALLOY FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI


WESTERN TIBET, 11TH/12TH CENTURYHimalayan Art Resources item no.61640 17 cm (6 1/2 in.) high
|藏西 十一/十二世紀 文殊菩薩銅像Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Perfected Wisdom, holds the Prajnaparamita Sutra in his left hand while wielding a wisdom sword in his right. This pleasant sculpture likely formed part of a triad in which Vajrapani and Avalokiteshvara flank Manjushri, representing the 'Three Lords' derived from the Kriya Tantra (e.g., von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, p.176, no.32A). Compare this sculpture with similar examples in The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (54.3015), the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archeology, Oxford (EA 2000.107), and another sold at Christie's, New York, 18 March 2015, lot 4016.ProvenancePeter Fussel, London, 1973Sotheby's, London, 25 April 1991, lot 408