An unusually large dark green jade carving of Mount Putuo. 20th century - image-1

Lot 1211 Dα

An unusually large dark green jade carving of Mount Putuo. 20th century

Auction 1093 - overview Brussels
18.06.2017, 14:00 - China - Decorative Arts, Ceramics and Porcelain
Estimate: 10.000 € - 15.000 €
Result: 62.000 € (incl. premium)
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An unusually large dark green jade carving of Mount Putuo. 20th century

The huge stone representing the rocky island of Putuo covered with pines, bamboo, wutong and chrysanthemum and interspersed with temples, stairways and bridges. A large figure of Guanyin is depicted nestled in the mountain, holding a pearl in her raised right hand, and with a jar at her feet. To her left the acolyte Caishan, and two further figures to the side of the mountain. On the reverse an inscription in relief: Putuoshan. Nanwu daci dabei jiuku jiunan Guanshiyin pusa (Worship be to you, Bodhisattva Guanyin of great mercy and great compassion and deliverence of bitterness and distress). Brown lacquered wooden stand carved with rocks and flowers.
Height 94 cm

Considered one of the four sacred mountains in Chinese Buddhism, the others being Wutai, Jiuhua and Emei, the island of Putuo is situated southeast of Shangahi in the Zhoushan prefecture of Zhejiang province. A place of pilgrimage as early as the Song dynasty, it was once populated by numerous temples and nunneries housing thousands of devotees worshipping the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin).

二十世紀 青玉雕普陀山紋大山子 《普陀山 南無大慈大悲救苦救難 觀世音菩薩》篆書刻款