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  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Head of a Monk
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Standing Tara
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Gazelle
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Praying Priest
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Budai
  • Stupa
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Head of the Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Six Persimmons
  • Hotei
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Bodhidharma
  • 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
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
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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