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Description: | Framed and glazed painted portrait of Manzshir, or Manjusri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom. The bodhisattva is depicted seated in the lotus posture with a sword in his right hand raised above his head; his left hand in the teaching mudra (position); with golden skin, a topknot and long hair, an inclined head, and a third eye; and wearing a jewel crown and bodhisattva jewels, brown scarf and dhoti. He sits on a lotus throne in front of a green and blue nimbus and halo. Behind are the sun and moon, blue sky and clouds. Framed behind glass with a red and brown cloth mount. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | paintings (ritual & belief: representations) pigment textile | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-47892 |
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