A PAIR OF DEHUA FIGURES OF SAMANTABHADRA AND MANJUSRI

LATE QING DYNASTY, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF DEHUA FIGURES OF SAMANTABHADRA AND MANJUSRI
LATE QING DYNASTY, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The figure of Samantabhadra is shown holding the stems of a lotus bud and a furled lotus leaf and seated on an elephant, while Manjushri is shown holding a ruyi scepter and seated on a Buddhist lion. Each bodhisattva is shown seated on a double-lotus base set upon a large lotus leaf draped over the back of their animal vehicle. Each figure is similarly rendered wearing layered robes and flowing celestial scarves, and the hair is dressed in knotted plaits trailing down on either side of the shoulders and pulled back behind a diadem centered by a flaming pearl.
16½ in. (42 cm.) high, cloth base (2)

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Manjushri (Wenshu), the bodhisattva of Wisdom, is usually shown seated on a lion and is often depicted in a triad with the Buddha Shakyamuni and the bodhisattva Samantabhadra (Puxian), who is shown seated on an elephant.

Compare the pair of similarly modeled Dehua figures of Samantabhadra and Manjushri, bearing the seal of Xu Yunlin (1887-1940), sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 April 2013, lot 3196. See, also, the similar Dehua figure of Samantabhadra seated on an elephant, sold at Sotheby's New York, 20 March 2007, lot 774.

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