Bronze with silver and copper inlaysKashmir, 11th centuryDimensions: Height 14,5 cm by 10 cmWeight: 356 gramsManjushri seated on a waisted double reverse lotus pose attached to a square wooden plinth. Seated with legs crossed and dressed in striped dhoti fastened around waist with belt. The chest is bare and only decorated with a necklace with tiger claw pendant, a gift parents gave their children as talisman. A thin scarf is billowing around his arms. He is holding the sword to cut ignorance in his right hand, the other is holding something small and is close to the waist. Behind his body and his head are two separate aureoles with open-work flames. The large eyes of Manjushri have a piercing gaze with silver inlay, a raised silver urna between the eyebrows. Small braids hang down the forehead and are done up in a ponytail, enclosed by a tiara.