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  • Machig Labdrön
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Budai
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Four Excursions
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Travel Shrine
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Head of a Monk
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Tara
  • Padmasambhava
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Stupa
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Praying Priest
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Stupa
The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons

The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons

In China, women seeking help with their worries and troubles would often invoke the Bodhisattva of Compassion. Those hoping for a child, for instance, turned to him because he was considered to be the bringer of sons. He appears in that form here with a baby in his lap. 

This porcelain figure with its ivory-white glaze is typical of the work produced by the porcelain makers at Dehua, in Fujian Province in south-east China

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