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~780
A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE
FIGURES OF MANJUSHRI AND
SAMANTABHADRA
18TH CENTURY
The fgure of Samantabhara (Puxian) is shown seated on an elephant The present two fgures represent Manjushri (Wenshushili Pusa),
holds prayer beads and an open book, while Manjushri (Wenshu) is the bodhisattva of Wisdom, and Samantabhadra (Puxian Pusa),
shown seated on a Buddhist lion and also holding a prayer beads. Each the bodhisattva known as ‘He whose bounty is omnipresent’ and
bodhisattva is dressed in layered robes and the hair arranged in knotted represents the Buddhist Law and compassion. As shown here,
plaits covered by a cowl. The fgures are supported on lotus bases.
Manjushri is usually depicted seated on an lion while Samantabhadra
Each: 9Ω in. (24.2 cm.) high, hongmu stands is usually depicted seated on an elephant. The two bodhisattvas often
(2) appear fanking a central fgure of Shakyamuni Buddha. In Mahayana
Buddhism, the form of Buddhism which prevailed in China, Shakymuni
$12,000-18,000
Buddha was the fourth in a series of earthly Buddhas, before his death
foretelling the coming of the ffth early Buddha, Maitreya.
PROVENANCE
Vera F. Schaaf Collection. 清十八世紀 銅鎏金文殊及普賢坐像一對
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned in 1976.

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