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  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Praying Priest
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Budai
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Gazelle
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Stupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Travel Shrine
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Bodhidharma
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Monk
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Six Persimmons
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Standing Tara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Padmasambhava
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion

Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion

This large wooden sculpture of the Bodhisattva Guanyin is captivating in its delicacy and elegance. His slim body with its narrow shoulders is enveloped in a flowing robe; his hair is tied up into a tall topknot. 

Originally, this Guanyin probably had a metal crown and earrings, now lost – as is the vase he once held in his hands. Traces of gold suggest that the statue was entirely gilded.

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