REPUBLIC PERIOD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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 Samantabhadra.

Compare, a smaller ((34.3 cm. high) but similarly modelled Dehua figure of Manjusri seated on a lion formerly in the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection sold at Christie's New York, 19 March 2015, lot 408.