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  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Standing Buddha
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Gazelle
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Head of a Monk
  • Hotei
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Praying Priest
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Head of the Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Travel Shrine
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Padmasambhava
  • Budai
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Four Excursions
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Stupa
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
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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