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LOT 0693

Tibetan Gilt Sitting Manjushri Statue

17TH-18TH CENTURY AD

10" (4.98 kg, 26cm).

A gilt bronze statuette of the Bodhisattva Manjushri seated on a lotus throne, smaller lotus coming from the front to support the right leg; manjushri crowned and with urna to the centre of the forehead, long ears with rosette earrings; strings of necklaces to the chest and armlets, bracelets to both hands, anklets to both feet; sash around the shoulders and hair falling down the arms; left hand holding a book of sutras, right resting by the side of the body; two lotus flowers to the side of the body; to the base a sel with engraved vajra.

Provenance

Property of North West London gentleman; acquired from a London collector in the late 1990s; previously in a private collection formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s.

CONDITION

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LOT 0693

Tibetan Gilt Sitting Manjushri Statue

Sold for (Inc. bp): £11,780

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