Lot no. 1211
Sehr große Schnitzerei der Insel Putuo. Dunkelgrüne Jade. 20. Jh.
Der felsige Berg ist mit Kiefern, Bambus, wutong und Chrysanthemen bedeckt, von Tempeln, Treppen und Brücken durchsetzt. In einer Nische sitzend, eine große Darstellung des Bodhisattva Guanyin. In der erhobenen rechten Hand eine Perle und vor den Füßen eine Vase. Zu ihrer Linken der Akolyt Caishan und zu einer Seite des Berges zwei weitere Figuren. Auf der Rückseite eine Inschrift in Relief: Putuoshan, Nanwu daci dabei jiuku jiunan Guanshiyin pusa (Verehrung sei dir, Bodhisattva Guanyin der großen Barmherzigkeit und des großen Mitgefühls und Erretterin von Bitterkeit und Not). Braunlackiertes Holzsockel geschnitzt mit Felsen und Blumen.
Die Insel Putuo, zusammen mit Wutai, Jiuhua and Emei, gilt als eine der vier heiligen Berge im chinesischen Buddhismus. Im Südosten von Shanghai in der Zhoushan-Präfektur der Provinz Zhejiang, war sie bereits in der Song-Dynastie als Pilgerort bekannt und einst von Gläubigen in zahlreichen Tempeln und Nonnenklostern bewohnt, die Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin) verehrten.
H 94 cm
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.
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).
Height 94 cm
Pictures credits: Contact organization
Asian Art
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