Figur. Rökelsehållare. Kangxi, Qingdynastin.

FIGURE. Elephant White, standing with his head bent down and turned to the right. The body shaped in vaults and spirals. On the back a brown saddle, saddle cover in brown and yellow. Holes for light or incense in the middle of the saddle. The elephant has a hole in his back where Samantabhadra was likely to be on a lotus, because he used to ride a white elephant. Samantabhadra is a bodhisattva in Mahayanabuddism and is associated with practice and meditation, and is the patron of the great Lotussutran. Together with Shakyamuni Buddha and another boddhisattva named Manjusri, he is part of the Trinity Shakyamuni. This figure is therefore likely to originally included in a trio of Buddhist images. Porcelain elephant Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). The elephant has a hole in its back that must have the Bodhisattva Samantabhadra on a lotus The, for the deity rode on a white elephant. Samantabhadra is a Bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism with practice and meditation, and patron of the great Lotus Sutra. Together with Shakyamuni Buddha and another Bodhisattva Together Manjusri he forms the Shakyamuni trinity, so it is Together that this figurine Together have formed one of a trio of Buddhist Together. Stoneware incense stick holder in form of an elephant, with imitation Jun glaze