AN 18TH CENTURY BRONZE MANJUSHRITibetan-Chinese. Inlaid with corals and turquoises. Heavily cast and neatly incised. Remnants of original cold painting.Provenance: From an old German private collection, acquired prior to 1990. Thereafter in a Hungarian private collection. Acquired from Nagel Auctions, Stuttgart, Germany. Condition: Excellent condition with wear to the gilding, few losses to inlaid stones, the sealing renewed some time ago, the contents likely still present according to the weight, the sword possibly a later addition. Weight: 1287.7 grams.Dimensions: Height 18.2 cm.Seated in vajraparyanakasana on a double lotus pedestal, Manjushri’s right hand is wielding the sword, his left is raised to the chest, and at his left upper arm is a curved stem of uptala lotuses supporting a book. His dhoti is falling into neat pleats and is 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.十八世紀 文殊菩薩銅像漢藏。鑲嵌珊瑚和綠松石。造像厚重，綫條清晰簡潔。有原始冷繪彩餘留。來源：老德國私人收藏，1990年前購置。之後在一個匈牙利私人收藏中。購於德國斯圖加特那高拍賣行。品相：極好，鎏金層有磨損，鑲嵌的寶石有丟失，封底更新過，因重量可推測内部還有物件存在，劍可能是後來加上的。 重量：1287.7 克尺寸：高 18.2 厘米