Lot 1020
  • 1020

A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE DEPICTING MANJUSHRI Tibet, 14th Century

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Bronze
the four-armed deity with upper body and soles of feet cold-gilt, wearing a high five-pronged crown, the primary arms holding a sword and a lotus with Buddhist text, the secondary arms holding a bow and arrow, the hem of the dhoti inlaid with copper

Provenance

Collection of Rafaël Verbois (1885—1979).

Condition

Wear and accretion overall. Cold gold at face and torso and polychrome at hair and face. Some bending to arrow. Base plate intact.
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Catalogue Note

The late Father Rafaël Verbois, a Belgian missionary, was stationed in Inner Mongolia at the beginning of the 20th Century. In 1910, he visited the mission post of Wangzimiao and began his collection of Tibetan art. He later donated many works from his collection to the ethnographic Museum in Antwerp, which have since been exhibited at museums around the world, including the Rubin Museum of Art ("The All-Knowing Buddha: A Secret Guide", October 3, 2014–April 13, 2015). 

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 12920