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Image after The Jade of Lustrous Virtue: Song Dynasty Jade
from the Wuzhang shanfang Collection, Hangzhou, 2018, p.23.

The present figure is a very rare and relatively large jade figure of linear carvings of the facial features, elongated ears and incised lines,
Mahāsthāmaprāpta, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, known in Chinese are all typical of jade carvings of the 12th-13th century. Compare
as Dashizhi Pusa. She is recognisable by the elixir bottle in her crown. with a jade figure of an arhat, Song dynasty, unearthed from the Xilin
See for example, a wood carving of Dashizhi Pusa with a bottle in her Pagoda, Songjiang, Shanghai, illustrated in Shanghai Museum Ancient
crown, Sui dynasty, in Harvard Art Museum (acc.no.1943.53.25). Chinese Jade Gallery, Shanghai, p.34. See also the closely related
diaper-ground decorating the robes of a russet jade carving of a boy,
Compare with a very similar jade figure of Tankasri Avalokiteshvara, Song Song dynasty, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of
dynasty, illustrated in The Jade of Lustrous Virtue: Song Dynasty Jade the Palace Museum: Jadeware (II), Hong Kong, 1995, no.83.
from the Wuzhang shanfang Collection, Hangzhou, 2018, pp.22-27.
See a related but later celadon jade figure of Avalokiteshvara, Yuan-
The strong and masterful style of carving apparent in the sharp cuts Ming dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 30 November
depicting the robe and sashes, the bold carving of the crown adorned 2017, lot 66.
with cloud scrolls flanking the double-gourd, and the deftly carved

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