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A BRONZE FIGURE OF SIMHANADA
MANJUSHRI
SONG DYNASTY

cast seated in lalitasana with the right leg raised, the right
arm raised before the chest, wearing loose robes falling into
voluminous folds, the serene face flanked by a pair of long
pendulous ears and crowned by a five-leaf diadem, riding on a
lotus flower supported on a caparisoned Buddhist lion with its
head turned to its left, its large bulging eyes, thick eyebrows
and mane meticulously rendered, all raised on a stepped
rectangular base with four bracketed feet
17.2 cm, 6¾ in.

HK$ 150,000-200,000
US$ 19,400-25,800

宋 銅坐獅文殊菩薩像

The structure and composition of this figure is closely related
to a bronze figure of the bodhisattva Samantabhadra, in the
collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated as one
of a pair, together with the bodhisattva Manjusri in Zhongguo
meishu quanji. Diaosu bian [The complete collection of Chinese
art: Sculptures], vol. 5, 1989, Beijing, pls 153-4. Compare also
a bronze figure of the bodhisattva Samantabhadra from the
collection of Sakamoto Goro, sold in these rooms, 5th October
2016, lot 3222.

See also a smaller Tang dynasty gilt-bronze prototype,
previously exhibited at the Kubuso Museum, Japan, 1993, sold
in our New York rooms, 20th March 2007, lot 735.

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