LOT # 18049
GILT BRONZE CAST MANJUSRI SEATED FIGURE
舉劍文殊
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Dimension:
Height: 5 7/8 in (15.0 cm) Length: 3 7/8 in (10.0 cm) Width: 2 7/8 in (7.0 cm) Weight: 780.0g
Estimated Price:
$1500 - $2500
The gilt bronze cast figure depicts Manjusri seated on double lotus throne pad in dhyanasana, hands raised in mudra and holding a fiery sword, lotus flower stems from arm to neck, eyes open in serene expression, bottom bears vajra mark.
菩薩雙目低重，略帶微笑，右手執寶劍，左手執蓮花。蓮花于左肩上托起經書，爲文殊菩薩典型形象。長飄帶滿飾花紋，雙雙垂落于蓮花座前。蓮瓣滿飾卷雲，下沿亦刻滿陰綫花卉裝飾。明代皇帝被視爲文殊菩薩的轉世化身，故文殊造像爲宮廷造像之代表性題材，頌揚帝王如佛陀般在世護持人間
Height: 5 7/8 in (15.0 cm) Length: 3 7/8 in (10.0 cm) Width: 2 7/8 in (7.0 cm) Weight: 780.0g
Estimated Price:
$1500 - $2500
The gilt bronze cast figure depicts Manjusri seated on double lotus throne pad in dhyanasana, hands raised in mudra and holding a fiery sword, lotus flower stems from arm to neck, eyes open in serene expression, bottom bears vajra mark.
菩薩雙目低重，略帶微笑，右手執寶劍，左手執蓮花。蓮花于左肩上托起經書，爲文殊菩薩典型形象。長飄帶滿飾花紋，雙雙垂落于蓮花座前。蓮瓣滿飾卷雲，下沿亦刻滿陰綫花卉裝飾。明代皇帝被視爲文殊菩薩的轉世化身，故文殊造像爲宮廷造像之代表性題材，頌揚帝王如佛陀般在世護持人間