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A RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI NAMASANGITI, NEPAL, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
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04月16日 下午5点 开拍 /14天1小时
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Very finely and fluidly cast, the four-armed deity seated on a double-lotus base with a beaded rim, brandishing his sword, wearing a diaphanous dhoti with a geometric hem, adorned with elaborate necklaces and armlets inlaid with turquoise, his face with a benign expression surmounted by a foliate tiara and his hair pulled into a high chignon, a lotus to his left supporting the book of wisdom.Provenance: From the private collection of a noted artist in Vienna, Austria. Condition: Good condition with extensive wear and casting irregularities. Scattered small nicks and surface scratches, light warping, expected rubbing and minor losses to gilding, the bow and arrow lost, minor losses to inlays with some possibly replaced or reattached, few small losses to base, remnants of pigment. The base unsealed.Weight: 936.5 gDimensions: Height 13.2 cmManjushri ('Beautiful Glory') is the Bodhisattva of Wisdom. He is the patron deity of the Newar Buddhists and is credited with the creation of the Kathmandu Valley. According to the local narrative, the Valley was originally a great lake, and Manjushri used his sword of wisdom to cut a cleft in the mountains that contained the lake. With the lake thus drained, he created the Valley, making it habitable for all sentient beings. Manjushri is envisioned in at least fourteen iconographic forms per religious textual sources.This rare four-armed form of Manjushri derives from the Arya Manjushri Namasangiti Tantra ('Singing the Names of Manjushri'), a major teaching dating from around the 7th century that conceives of Manjushri as the spiritual progenitor of all Tathagatas and the entire Buddhist cosmos. Manjushri Namasangiti's many arms convey his cosmic status, cast in a naturalistic array. His attributes are a scripture, a sword, and a bow and arrow (now missing), weapons that symbolize the scripture's ability to penetrate ignorance.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie's New York, 21 March 2008, lot 589Price: USD 32,200 or approx. EUR 41,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A gilt bronze figure of Manjushri, Nepal, 14th centuryExpert remark: Compare the closely related subject as well as the related modeling, manner of casting, and gilding. Note the larger size (18.4 cm).Auction result comparison: Type: Closely relatedAuction: Bonhams New York, 17 September 2014, lot 1Price: USD 81,250 or approx. EUR 92,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A gilt copper alloy figure of Manjushri Namasangiti, Nepal, 15th centuryExpert remark: Compare the closely related modeling and similar subject, posture, and dynamic positioning of the arms. Note the larger size (21.5 cm).

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