Lot 191. A bronze figure of Manjusri, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Height 10 3/8 in., 26.5 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 40,625 USD. Photo Sotheby's

cast seated in dhyanasana, holding a scroll in both hands, dressed in loose, flowing robes open at the chest revealing elaborate jewelry, the borders chased with floral scrolls, the face, hands and feet applied with cold gilt, the hair dressed in knotted plaits trailing down the shoulders and pulled into a high coiffure behind the foliate crown fronted by an elaborate jewel, the details highlighted with red pigment. 

Provenance: Acquired in China in the 1960s, and thence by descent.