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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 31, 2017 | Christie's | Hong Kong | The Perfect Countenance - Fine Buddhist Works of Art | 2807 | $****** - ****** | A VERY RARE IMPERIAL EARLY MING LARGE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF CATURBHUJA MANJUSRI |
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25.4 cm (10 in)
A French private collection, acquired in the early 1960s
The figure is intricately modelled seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base with four arms. The upper right hand is welding a sword above his head, and the lower left hand holding a lotus stem supporting a book of the ‘Perfection of Wisdom’, Prajnaparamita Sutra, to one side of the shoulder. The full face with eyes downcast and lips indented to provide a benevolent expression. Adorned with disc-shaped earrings below a foliate diadem, securing the hair that is swept into a topknot. Wearing a thin scarf across the shoulders revealing a bare torso decorated with an elaborate jewellery chain. Similarly decorating the belt around the waist above a gossamer dhoti that gathered in folds around the crossed legs. The lotus base inscribed with Da Ming Xuande nianshi, ‘Bestowed in the Great Ming Xuande Period’. The interior is incised with a partially legible inscription incorporating various numerals.
