A rare partially cold-gilt bronze figure of multi-armed Manjushri

Qianlong mark and period

清乾隆 銅局部鎏金文殊菩薩坐像

《大清乾隆年敬造》《文殊菩薩》《無上陽體根本》款

seated atop a lotus pedestal, the principal right hand held in karana mudra, with the left holding a ghanta, two additional pairs of arms fanning out around the body, the hands bearing attributes including a sword, vajra, and ghanta wearing a dhoti with chased 'brocade' borders, a fluttering scarf and ornate jewelry, the three faces each framed by a three-leafed crown encircling a multi-tiered topknot surmounted by a flaming jewel, the deity's skin cold-gilded, the hair and facial features detailed in pigments, the front of the lotus pedestal cast with a horizontal reign mark Da Qing Qianlong Nian Jing Zao, incised below with Wenshu pusa (Manjushri bodhisattva); the back of the pedestal incised with Wushang yangti genben (Supreme yoga father tantra class) 

Height 6 ? in., 16.7 cm

Collection of Baron Alexander von Sta?l-Holstein (1876-1937). 

Mathias Komor, New York, 29th November 1950. 

Collection of Dr. Allen O. Battle, Ph.D (1927-2020).

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Alexander von Sta?l-Holstein 男爵 (1876-1937) 收藏

Mathias Komor，紐約，1950年11月29日

Allen O. Battle 醫生 (1927-2020) 收藏