Lot 58. A Longquan celadon-glazed figure of the Bodhisattva Wenshu riding a Buddhist lion, Ming Dynasty; 22.8cm (9in) high. Sold for £11,250 (€14,395). © Bonhams 2001-2016.

Stoutly modelled wearing a leafy cap above the biscuit face and chest with an elaborate necklace, enveloped by a thick green shawl and bearing a long curving ruyi sceptre, seated cross-legged on the back of a luxuriously ornamented Buddhist lion covered in a rich celadon glaze. 

Note: For a related biscuit and celadon-glazed figure of the Bodhisattva Puxian riding an elephant, see J. Harrison-Hall,Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, p.501, noting that this would have been paired with Wenshu, the Buddhist Bodhisattva of Universal Wisdom.

Bonhams. AUCTION 23237: FINE CHINESE ART, LONDON, NEW BOND STREET