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  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bodhidharma
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Praying Priest
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Hotei
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Four Excursions
  • Padmasambhava
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Stupa
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Gazelle
  • Stupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Budai
  • Standing Tara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddhist Monk
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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