A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF MANJUSHRI 17TH – 18TH CENTURY |

the bodhisattva seated in vajraparyankasana on a double-lotus base, the arms raised in dharmachakra mudra to the chest, holding two stalks of utpala lotuses rising up the shoulders and supporting a khadga and pustaka, the face set with a benevolent expression, surmounted by a five-leaf diadem around a high chignon, the base unsealed