Title: Manjushri,  Bodhisattva of Wisdom, with five knots of hair (Wuji wenshu)
Object type: Figure
Date: mid-11th century
Culture: China
Period: Liao dynasty (907–1125)
Medium: Gilt bronze; lost-wax cast
Dimensions: H. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm); W. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); D. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Purchase, Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation, Janet Neff Charitable Trust and Christian Humann Gifts; Mrs. Robert Herndon Fife Gift, in memory of her husband; and Seymour Fund, 1967
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Buddhism, term: Bodhisattvas, term: Manjushri