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A SMALL SOAPSTONE FIGURE OF WENSHU
SIGNED (YANG) YU HSUAN, 18TH CENTURY
The bodhisattva shown seated in a relaxed manner leaning against a recumbent lion, holding a blossoming stem in the right hand and a scroll in the left, the loose robes falling in soft folds around the body and the finely incised hair dressed with a fillet and knotted in two long plaits which continue all the way down the back, the stone of golden amber tone, small chips
2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) long
SIGNED (YANG) YU HSUAN, 18TH CENTURY
The bodhisattva shown seated in a relaxed manner leaning against a recumbent lion, holding a blossoming stem in the right hand and a scroll in the left, the loose robes falling in soft folds around the body and the finely incised hair dressed with a fillet and knotted in two long plaits which continue all the way down the back, the stone of golden amber tone, small chips
2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) long