A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF MANJUGOSHA, NEPAL, 17th/18th ct., seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with his hands holding the ratna and ghanta, the other four radiating around his body holding various attributes, wearing dhoti, bejewelled, his triple-faced head displaying each a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridges, urna, his hair combed into a chignon set with tiaras to the front, flaming head halo behind and his smaller consort seated in lalitasana on his left leg, lengthy inscription at reverse of lotus base, unsealed - Property from an important South German private collection, assembled between 1968 and 2005 mostly from Schoettle East Asian Art and Joachim Baader, Munich - Few attributes lost, very minor wear to gilding