STATUE DE MANJUSHRI EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE DORÉ... Lot n° 39

STATUE DE MANJUSHRI EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE DORÉ NÉPAL, FIN DE LA PÉRIODE MALLA, XV/XVIE SIÈCLE Himalayan Art Resources item no. 4863 16.4 cm (6 1/2 in.) high Footnotes: A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI NEPAL, LATE MALLA PERIOD, 15TH/16TH CENTURY 尼泊爾 馬拉王朝晚期 十五/十六世紀 銅鎏金文殊菩薩像 Published: Arman Neven, Le tantrisme dans l'art et la pensee, 1974, no. 384. Exhibited: Le tantrisme dans l'art et la pensee, Palais de Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles, 7 March - 10 April 1974. Provenance: With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1970s This tranquil four-armed figure of Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, wields a bow and arrow, a sword and a teaching. While ritual supplication and ablutions have worn away some of the gilding on the cheeks and forehead, the bodhisattva's crisp, handsome features are well preserved. Related bronze sculptures of Manjushri from Nepal's Late Malla period include an example in the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena (Pal, Asian Art At the Norton Simon Museum, vol. II, 2003, pp. 96, no. 62), and two sold at Sotheby's, New York, 20 March 2013: one which shares a similar expression (lot 203), and another with a similarly pointed aureole (lot 208). Also, compare a bronze in the Denver Art Museum (von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, p. 377, no. 100F). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com Very good overall condition with obvious losses to gilding on face, hands, and legs from prolonged ritual use within the culture. Separately cast sword blade is loose. Encrustations on scarf above the shoulders, heavy dust and encrustations in crevices. Base is open and remains of pins projecting from the base. Please contact Sidney Lee (sidney.lee@bonhams.com) for related condition report images.