STATUETTE DE MANJUSHRI EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE DORÉ TIBET, XVIE SIÈCLESTATUETTE DE MANJUSHRI EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE DORÉTIBET, XVIE SIÈCLEHimalayan Art Resources item no. 4845 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.) highA GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF MANJUSHRITIBET, 16TH CENTURY西藏 十六世紀 銅鎏金文殊菩薩像Provenance: With Claude de Marteau, New York, by 1967Seated in vajrasana, Manjushri raises his palms together in the symbolic gesture of Progressing the Dharma (Dharmachakra-mudra). From this activity emerge stems by his sides that bloom wing-tipped lotus flowers supporting his primary attributes, the sutra and wisdom sword. The sweet expression of his face, in addition to the elegant treatment of the lotus base and turquoise-inlaid jewelry, can be found in two other 16th century gilt-bronzes published in von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, pp. 440 & 443, nos. 118B & 119G. For another example featuring similar wing-tipped lotus blossoms, see a figure of Prajnaparamita sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 4 October 2016, lot 7.