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尺寸：高13.4 cm
年代：10世纪
质地：合金铜
风格：克什米尔
来源：拍卖会
成交：86,500美元(2011.03)
参阅：纽约佳士得
鉴赏：
A bronze figure of Manjushri
Kashmir, 10th century
古比特佛像网, 编号: 文殊菩萨184
Seated on a shaped base and backed by a flaming double mandorla, wearing a dhoti with incised hems and a tripartite crown centered by a Buddha, holding a manuscript in front of his chest and a sword aloft 5¼ in. (13.4 cm.) high

Provenance
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired before 1996
Acquired from Mathias Komor, New York

Literature
Pratapaditya Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, 1997, p. 142 and 313, cat. no. 184
U. von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, p. 126-127, cat. no. 20D

Exhibited
On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1996

Lot Essay
This well-cast figure displays classic Kashmiri stylistic elements, including the pronounced modeling of the muscles around the navel and strong upper torso, the accentuated roundness of the beaded jewelry, and silver inlaid eyes.