QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

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

A very similar figure from the Hickley Collection, which also has the unusual interior lingzhi-form reinforcements, is illusrated by R. Kerr and J. Ayers in Blanc de Chine, Porcelain from Dehua, Chicago, 2002, no. 10.