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尺寸：高26.5cm
年代：明代
质地：铜漆金
风格：中原
来源：拍卖会
成交：40,625美元(2012.09)
参阅：纽约苏富比
鉴赏：
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF MANJUSRI
MING DYNASTY
古比特佛像网, 编号: 文殊菩萨285

cast seated in dhyanasana, holding a scroll in both hands, dressed in loose, flowing robes open at the chest revealing elaborate jewelry, the borders chased with floral scrolls, the face, hands and feet applied with cold gilt, the hair dressed in knotted plaits trailing down the shoulders and pulled into a high coiffure behind the foliate crown fronted by an elaborate jewel, the details highlighted with red pigment

品相说明:
There is wear to the gilt and pigments and some minor dents along the edge of the diadem and base. There is a chip to one of the tips of the crown.

Provenance
Acquired in China in the 1960s, and thence by descent.

Catalogue Note
Manjusri is the bodhisattva who embodies wisdom, and as such is often represented with a scroll or book representing the prajnaparamita sutra. Unlike Avalokitesvara, whose headdress incorporates an image of Amitabha Buddha, Manjusri's headdress often has a shining jewel, whose illuminating light dispels the darkness of ignorance. Sino-Tibetan forms often have Manjusri holding a flaming sword that has the similar purpose of cutting through ignorance.