A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF PROBABLY MANJUSHRI CHINA, 16th/17th ct., seated in vajrasana on a lotus-base cast with a minute lion-figure to the front, both hands in vitarkamudra, one supporting a ball, both holding stems of lotuses supporting the manuscript and probably originally a sword, wearing dhoti, cape draped over his shoulders which streamers encircle both arms before falling on the base, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes, his hair combed in a chignon secured with a tiara decorated with a pair of pattras and floating ribbons - Property from a South German private collection, assembled between 1960 and 2004 - Minor wear Lackvergoldete Bronze, vielleicht Manjushri auf einem Lotos CHINA, 16./17.Jh. H. 22,7 cm Provenienz: Aus einer süddeutschen Privatsammlung, zwischen 1960 und 2004 gesammelt - Etwas berieben