A large carved wood bodhisattva on a qilinMing dynastypossibly Ksitigarbha, seated in lalitasana on a lotus throne supported on the back of a qilin, the right hand in vitarkamudra, the mythical beast standing on a lotus plinth, its body painted with black scales, the feet clawed and the head dragon-likeHeight 98 cm, 38½ in.__________________________________________________________________________Sculpture en bois d'un bodhisattva sur un qilin, dynastie Ming__________________________________________________________________________明 木雕菩薩坐像来源: Sotheby's, London, 11th March 1969, lot 59.Eskenazi Ltd., London.__________________________________________________________________________倫敦蘇富比1969年3月11日，編號59埃斯卡納齊，倫敦专文: Related Bodhisattvas include a triad set carved in mammoth ivory of Shayamuni with Samanthabhadra and Manjushri, dated to the Yuan or Song dynasty, similarly seated on mythical animals, preserved in the Metropolitan Museum, New York (accession number 34.26.1a, b-.3a, b.).