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A Western Tibetan bronze figure of Acala or Manjushri,…
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Melbourne
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24-Sep-2019
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A Western Tibetan bronze figure of Acala or Manjushri, 11th/12th century, a beautifully cast small bronze sculpture depicting the wrathful Manjushri or Acala, in a dynamic pose lungeing to the right, with his left hand on hip, holding his diamond sword aloft, wearing a three-pointed diadem and other jewels, a finely detailed antelope skin around his waist, standing atop a single lotus base. Traces of original pigment and cold gilding to the face and headdress., 8.5 cm high, 6.5 cm wide. Provenance: Soo Tze Oriental Antiques, 2002. Literature: for similar examples probably from the same workshop, see: Cornette de Saint-Cyr, Paris, Asian Art auction, 17 April 2019, lot 6. And 'Buddhist sculpture in Tibet', Ulrich von Schroeder, 2001.
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Antiquities: Asian