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  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Bodhidharma
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

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
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Padmasambhava
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Head of a Monk
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Travel Shrine
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Stupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Praying Priest
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Budai
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Hotei
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Standing Tara
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
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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