STATUETTE DE MANJUVAJRA ET PRAJNAPARAMITA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE DORÉNÉPAL, DATÉ 1942Himalayan Art Resources item no. 145427 cm (10 5/8 in.) highProvenance: A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF MANJUVAJRA AND PRAJNAPARAMITANEPAL, DATED 1942尼泊爾 1942年 銅鎏金文殊金剛及般若佛母像Manjuvajra is the three-headed and six-armed tantric form of Manjushri. He is joined by Prajnaparamita, the goddess of wisdom personifying the sutra text of the same name, who looks up at her consort in loving adoration. Here, the placement of Prajnaparamita's lowered right hand, inbination with her raised left hand, is an iconographic feature for divine couples made in the workshops of Nepal.pare with another image from the Shah period, published in von Schroeder,Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, p. 392, no. 108C.Provenance:A Private European Collection, since the 1970s