Description
This Manjushri Statue is a tribute to the bodhisattva of wisdom. Manjushri is usually depicted holding a sword in his right hand, that allows him to cut through delusion. In his left hand he holds a lotus flower upon which rests the Prajnaparamita (“perfect wisdom”) Sutra. Manjushri usually wears princely garb, bejeweled silks.
Our statue is 5.5” tall, wears a blue scarf, red trousers, and in two of his four hands holds the traditional
sword and lotus flower. He wears a crownadorned with blue, red, and green jewels.
Manjushri is a preeminent figure in Buddhist traditions from India to Japan. The various symbols with which he is depicted, including his sword and seemingly perpetual youth, are all bound to his renown as a bearer of wisdom and insight.
In the Buddhist canon, he appears in some of the earliest Mahayana Sutras (scriptures), dating back to the first or second centuries CE. Manjushri begins to show up in Buddhist art and sculpture around 400 CE.
- 5.5” tall
- 3.5” wide
- 3” deep
- Made in China
- Cold cast bronze.
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Beautiful statue.