A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI


TIBET, 13TH CENTURYHimalayan Art Resources item no.61749 14.5 cm (5 3/4 in.) high
|The Prajnaparamita sutra blossoms by his left shoulder while he raises his 'wisdom sword' aloft in this energetic sculpture of Manjushri. While the style's dress, hair, and rounded face descend from Pala idioms, the broad open posture and lotus petals demonstrate Tibetan artistic adaptations. The same is reflected in a related bronze of Syamatara in the Johkang, published in von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, p.1100, no.285A. Provenance Private European Collection, acquired in Hong Kong, 2009 文殊菩薩銅坐像 西藏，十三世紀 喜馬拉雅藝術資源網61749號 高14.5釐米（5 3/4英吋） 150,000-250,000港元 此尊精巧的造像以蓮花綻放於左肩，其上置般若經，右手持金剛劍，昂揚向上，體現文殊菩薩威嚴之形象。佛像面頰豐腴、髮飾和服飾的處理均體現帕拉遺風，其舒展的身姿與蓮瓣則又表明其為西藏匠師模仿帕拉風格所造。可對比現藏於大昭寺的一尊類似的綠度母銅像，參見施羅德，《印度與西藏的銅造像》，香港，1981年，頁1100，285A號。 來源 歐洲私人收藏，2009年購於香港