A BRONZE FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI China. late Ming dynasty H. 32 cm Seated astride the caparisoned lion reclining on a lotus-base with his head slightly turned towards the viewer, his right hand in vitarkamudra while the other is resting on his lap, a pair of lotus flowers rising along his upper arms, wearing dhoti, scarf draped around his shoulders, its streamers encircling the arms with the finials falling down to the front, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, his hair combed in a chignon and secured with a tiara decorated with a pair of floating ribbons. Old Swiss private collection, assembled before 1990 Wear, slightly chipped