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  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Six Persimmons
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Hotei
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Praying Priest
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gazelle
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Budai
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Travel Shrine
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Padmasambhava
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Four Excursions
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Bodhidharma
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Stupa
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Tara
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen

Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen

The Bodhisattva of Compassion is portrayed here as the patron of fishermen and other mariners. He stands upon a circular base designed to resemble a fish breaking through the waves. Chinese coastal communities in particular revere this form of the Bodhisattva to this day. 

This statue was made at the Dehua kilns in Fujian, in south-east China, which are renowned for the delicacy and playfulness of their exquisite porcelain figures. With its deeply cut and cascading drapery folds, this example is especially noteworthy.

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