Keywords: Tibetan - Bodhisattva Manjushri - Walters 543015.jpg Jauntily thrusting out his right hip this handsome smiling bodhisattva exemplifies a path to Buddhahood Features that tie the figure to works generally thought to have been made in Western Tibet include the dhoti that falls further down on one side than the other the beaded chain below the belt the triad of pendants on the necklace and the prominent tiara-tying ribbons von Schroeder 1981; Reedy 1997 between 1000 1200 brass cm 14 92 accession number 54 3015 21614 John and Berthe Ford Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum John Berthe Ford 2002 Desire and Devotion Art from India Nepal and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham; Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara; Albuquerque Museum Albuquerque 2001-2003 place of origin Tibet Walters Art Museum license Tibetan art in the Walters Art Museum Bronze statues of Tibet Manjusri |