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  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Padmasambhava
  • Stupa
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Budai
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Gazelle
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Travel Shrine
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Praying Priest
  • Six Persimmons
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha
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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