A monumental sculpture of the bodhisattva Manjushri (40 m tall) with mahasiddha-adorned robe. Mineral pigments on clay, ca. 1220 CE, now housed at Alchi Sumtsek temple in Ladakh, India [1106×1536]
A monumental sculpture of the bodhisattva Manjushri (40 m tall) with mahasiddha-adorned robe. Mineral pigments on clay, ca. 1220 CE, now housed at Alchi Sumtsek temple in Ladakh, India [1106×1536]
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[https://rubinmuseum.org/projecthimalayanart/essays/monumental-manjushri-with-mahasiddha-adorned-robe/?_gl=1*1l30jd*_up*MQ..*_ga*OTkwNzc4NDYwLjE3NDcxMzEwNzc.*_ga_9NZBVF4LWN*czE3NDcxMzEwNzckbzEkZzAkdDE3NDcxMzEwNzckajAkbDAkaDA.](https://rubinmuseum.org/projecthimalayanart/essays/monumental-manjushri-with-mahasiddha-adorned-robe/?_gl=1*1l30jd*_up*MQ..*_ga*OTkwNzc4NDYwLjE3NDcxMzEwNzc.*_ga_9NZBVF4LWN*czE3NDcxMzEwNzckbzEkZzAkdDE3NDcxMzEwNzckajAkbDAkaDA.)
Reminds me of Gomateshwara statue
No banana for scale?