Jakabffy Imre szerk.: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum Évkönyvei 13. (Budapest, 1971)

HOPP FERENC MÚZEUM - MUSÉE FERENC HOPP - Horváth, Tibor: Report on the Activities of the Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts in 1969 and 1970

N EW ACQUIS I T I 0 N S l r Figl. 1. Samantabhadra (P'u-hsien), casl iron. China, ca. L450

—1550. II.: 32 cm. Purchase, lav. nr.: 70.(i. Samantah liai Ira is represented with the crown, the ornaments and garments of a Bodhisaltva. lie Is sealed on a crouching elephant which is harnessed. Mis left leg is pendent, resting on a lotus stand, the right is pulled up in the lap lalitasanai. The hands lie in the lap, light hand on left hand (dhyana inudra) holding the holy pearl surrounded by flames (cintamani). The casting was partly successful turning out beautifully the face and the rather sharp folds of the robe, but failing in other respects by leasing smaller and larger holes. Bed paint is preserved in a few places on the surface. T. H.