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  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Travel Shrine
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Praying Priest
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Stupa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Four Excursions
  • Gazelle
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Standing Tara
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Budai
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Stupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Head of a Monk
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Standing Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

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