Java bronze depicts a figure of wisdom
Matthew Barton’s European and Asian Works of Art sale at Olympia Auctions on November 24-25 includes this 4in (10cm) bronze figure of Manjusri, the bodhisattva associated with prajna (wisdom) made in Java (Indonesia) in the 10th century.
A related Javanese bronze of Manjusri seated on a double lotus plinth is in the Victoria and Alber…