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A BRASS ALLOY FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Perfected Wisdom, holds the
WESTERN TIBET, 11TH/12TH CENTURY Prajnaparamita Sutra in his left hand while wielding a wisdom sword in
Himalayan Art Resources item no.61640 his right. This pleasant sculpture likely formed part of a triad in which
17 cm (6 1/2 in.) high Vajrapani and Avalokiteshvara flank Manjushri, representing the ‘Three
Lords’ derived from the Kriya Tantra (e.g., von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan
HK$65,000 - 85,000 Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, p.176, no.32A). Compare this sculpture
with similar examples in The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (54.3015),
the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archeology, Oxford (EA 2000.107),
藏西 十一/十二世紀 文殊菩薩銅像 and another sold at Christie’s, New York, 18 March 2015, lot 4016.
Provenance
Peter Fussel, London, 1973
Sotheby’s, London, 25 April 1991, lot 408
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