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Namasangiti-Manjushri

Figure
late 18th century (made)
Place of origin

Figure of Namasangiti-Manjushri seated with the legs interlocked upon an ovoid single lotus base. He is clad in the apparel appropriate to his rank, and has three faces and six arms. His three right hands show the Sword (handle only), arrow (missing) and the Vara mudra, and the three left should show the Prajnaparamita, the blue Utpala and the Bow, but these emblems are all missing. The sealing-plate of sheet brass in the base is incised with the Visvavajra radiating from a yin-yang centre.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleNamasangiti-Manjushri (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze with traces of painting and gilding
Brief description
Namasangiti-Manjushri, bronze with traces of painting and gilding, Tibet, late 18th century
Physical description
Figure of Namasangiti-Manjushri seated with the legs interlocked upon an ovoid single lotus base. He is clad in the apparel appropriate to his rank, and has three faces and six arms. His three right hands show the Sword (handle only), arrow (missing) and the Vara mudra, and the three left should show the Prajnaparamita, the blue Utpala and the Bow, but these emblems are all missing. The sealing-plate of sheet brass in the base is incised with the Visvavajra radiating from a yin-yang centre.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.2cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by J.L. Smith, Esq.
Bibliographic reference
Tibetan art / John Lowry. London: H. M. Stationery Office, 1973 p. 19, pl. 4.
Collection
Accession number
IM.29-1929

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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