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54 SOTHEBY’S NEW YORK 20 MARCH 2018 MING: LUMINOUS DAWN OF EMPIRE

!"$ PROPERTY FROM A WASHINGTON PRIVATE
COLLECTION
AN EXCEPTIONAL GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF
MANJUSHRI
YONGLE MARK AND PERIOD

superbly cast in rounded " eshly volume, the bodhisattva seated
in dhyanasana on a double-lotus pedestal, the arms raised in
dharmachakra mudra to the chest, holding two stalks of uptala lotuses
rising up the shoulders and supporting a khadga and pustaka, the
gracefully swaying gure wearing a dhoti falling into elegant pleats,
draped with a celestial sash around the shoulders and arms, the chest
and the waist adorned by elaborate beaded necklaces, the face set
with a serene and benevolent expression, with wheel-shaped earrings
attached to the pendulous earlobes, surmounted by a ve-leaf diadem
around a high chignon, the lotus base incised with a reign mark reading
Da Ming Yongle nian shi, the sealed base engraved with a double vajra
Height 7¼ in., 18.4 cm

PROVENANCE
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, acquired between 1965 -1970.
American Private Collection, and thence by descent.
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$ 400,000-600,000