Lot 93

There is an old small natural crack to the right leg, wear to gilt to some areas, all consistent with age and use, otherwise overall in good condition.


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A private collection, Sydney.

Nmasangiti is a deity especially popular in the Kathmandu Valley and is an iconographic form of Manjusri - the deity who brings Wisdom. Namasangiti is usually shown with two of her arms clasped above her head and has other arms in differing gestures. I suspect that this image is one of series which, taken together, represent the complete deity.
The image is very well made and has suffered little over the last approximately 125 years. The image is assured in its posture and the cast is very crisp. The image's gilding is still largely intact and the chased detailing on the robes is extremely fine.
By Dr. David Templeman, Monash University, Melbourne

Nāmasangīti是加德滿都谷地特別盛行之尊，為文殊師利（智慧本尊）之一種具像化形態。此尊通常以雙臂高舉於頂相扣，並具多臂作出不同手印。我推測此像可能為一系列造像之一，合而觀之，方能呈現完整本尊之全貌。

此像鑄造精良，自約一百二十五年前傳世以來，保存狀況極佳。其姿態穩健自若，鑄造線條清晰利落。鎏金大部分仍完好無缺，衣紋錘刻細緻入微，工藝精湛。

——墨爾本蒙納士大學
戴維‧坦普曼（David Templeman）教授