Manjushri

A gilt bronze figure of Manjushri

Yongle mark and period

cast seated in dhyanasana on a double -lotus pedestal, the arms raised in dharamcakramudra to the chest, holding two stalks otuptala lotuses rising up the shoulders, the gracetuly swaying figure wearing a dhoti falling into elegant pleats. draped with a celestial scart around the shoulders and arms, the chest and the waist adorned by elaborate beaded necklaces, the face with a benevolent expression, surmounted by a tive-leat diadem around a high chignon, the lotus base incised with a reign mark reading Da Ming Yongle nian shi

h-18cm.