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1026 The seal Xu Yunlin zhi, which appears on the back of the figure of see R.H. Blumenfield, Blanc de Chine, The Great Porcelain of Dehua, Berkeley,
TWO DEHUA FIGURES OF SAMANTABHADRA AND MANJUSHRI 晚清/民國 德化白釉普賢菩薩及文殊菩薩 Samantabhadra, is that of the potter Xu Youyi (1887-1949). According to 2002, p. 145, and also pp. 204-205 and frontispiece for a similar Dehua
J. Ayers in Blanc de Chine, Divine Images in Porcelain, New York, 2002, p.
figure of Samantabhadra on an elepant.
LATE QING DYNASTY-REPUBLIC PERIOD, THE FIGURE OF 普賢菩薩印款: 「德化」「許雲麟製」「許雲麟製」 121, Xu was a follower of the potter Su Xuejin, and came from a family of
SAMANTABHADRA SIGNED XU YUNLIN carvers of wood and clay figures. Xu’s skill at emanating the work of the A pair of figures of Manjusri and Samantabhadra on a lion and elephant,
Each bodhisattva is seated in dhyanasana on a lotus pedestal and wearing long 來源: early potters at Dehua is evidenced in works such as the standing Buddha respectively, both with Xu Yunlin zhiseals, was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong,
flowing robes exposing an elaborate beaded necklace above a dhoti tied at the Imperial Oriental Art, 紐約 in the aforementioned exhibition, p. 121., no. 72, and it is no surprise that P. J. 8 April 2013. Another related pair of figures of Manjusri and Samantabhadra,
waist. Manjusri is shown riding on a Buddhist lion and holding a ruyi scepter. 紐約私人珍藏 Donnelly, one of the earliest scholars of Dehua porcelain, considered Xu to from the estate of C.P. Shortman, was sold at Sotheby’s New York, 1
Samantabhadra is shown riding on an elephant and holding a scepter in the be a late 18 -century potter. For further information on the life of Xu Youyi December 1988, lots 263 and 264.
th
form of a lotus frond. Both are modeled with serene expressions beneath a
crown that frames the long hair falling on the shoulders.
The taller: 15√ in. (40.3 cm.) high
$60,000-80,000
PROVENANCE:
Imperial Oriental Art, New York.
Private collection, New York.

(marks on Samantabhadra)

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