A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON FIGURE OF PUXIAN SEATED ON AN ELEPHANT

MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY

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A RARE LONGQUAN CELADON FIGURE OF PUXIAN SEATED ON AN ELEPHANT
MING DYNASTY, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
Puxian, the bodhisattva of Universal Goodness, is shown seated on a lotus socle supported on the back of an elephant, and holding a lotus stem that supports a book over the right shoulder. The unglazed face, chest and hands, and the eyes of the elephant are of brick-red color.
9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) high

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A similar Longquan celadon figure of Puxian riding an elephant is illustrated by J. Harrison-Hall in Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, p. 501, no. 16:97, where it is dated c. 1368-1450, and where another in the Victoria and Albert Museum is mentioned.

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