Feb., 1912. 



Jade. 



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dhisatva is conceived of as a hermit or recluse seated under a rock-shelter, 

 or in a cave on a heap of rushes, or on a rush-mat, the alms-bowl at his 

 right and a flowervase with a bare twig in it behind, his person being 



Fig. 203. 



Ancient Jade Carving representing the Bodhisatva Samantabhadra 



(from Ku yii t'u p'u). 



enveloped by clouds; regarding the style of the latter even the editors 

 remark that it is pictorial. It is evident that this representation is 

 copied from a painting. The snail-like curls of the head and beard are 

 noticed in the text. We further remark the smile of the face, — for 

 he is, as his name implies, the Good One, — the earring, the long drawn- 

 out ear, the eye of wisdom on the forehead, and the slight bending 



