Copper-colored statue depicting Bodhisattva raising sword with left arm, long-stemmed blossom at right shoulder

Statue of Manjushri

Location
Efi (efü?) khalkha süme, Shiliin Gol League (formerly in Chakhar), Inner Mongolia

Date
mid-18th century

Material
gilt copper alloy with lacquer and pigments, inset with gems

Dimensions
height 71 in. (180.3 cm.)

Collection
Stockholm Ethnographical Museum (Folkens Museum Ethnografiska); collected by Sven Hedin in 1930; 1935.50.1713

Photo Credit
photograph by John B. Taylor

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