Manjushri & Samantabhadra Bodhisattva's

Antique Chinese / Tibetan Figurines

A magnificent large copper bronze rare pair.

Manjushri The Bodhisattva of Wisdom, riding a lion.

Samantabhadra The Bodhisattva of Universal Virtue, riding a six tusk elephant.

Condition: Excellent for age. It is a fact that many antique Chinese "copper coated bronze" items the coating wears off / thins, from age and handling.
The coating on this superb antique pair is worn.

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Depending on your computer monitor / phone / etc colour may vary to actual.

Dimensions are maximum measurements

Manjushri
Height About 45 cm
Width About 27 cm
Weight About 4.4 kg

Samantabhadra
Height About 45 cm
Width About 27 cm
Weight About 4 kg

A$5500

Manjushri:
Can be literally translated as "Beautiful One with Glory" or "Beautiful One with Auspiciousness".
Scholars have identified Mañjuśrī as the oldest and most significant bodhisattva in Mahāyāna literature.

Mañjuśrī is first referred to in early Mahāyāna sūtras such as the Prajñāpāramitā sūtras and through this association, very early in the tradition he came to symbolize the embodiment of prajñā (transcendent wisdom).

The Lotus Sutra assigns him a pure land called Vimala, which according to the Avatamsaka Sutra is located in the East. His pure land is predicted to be one of the two best pure lands in all of existence in all the past, present, and future

Samantabhadra
Can be literally translated as "Universal Worthy", "All Good" is a great bodhisattva in Buddhism associated with practice and meditation.

Together with Shakyamuni Buddha and the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī, he forms the Shakyamuni Triad in Mahayana Buddhism.

He is the patron of the Lotus Sutra and, according to the Avatamsaka Sutra, made the ten great vows which are the basis of a bodhisattva.

In Chinese Samantabhadra is known as Pǔxián and is associated with action, whereas Mañjuśrī is associated with prajñā