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  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Budai
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Padmasambhava
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Travel Shrine
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Standing Tara
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Standing Buddha
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Gazelle
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Four Excursions
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
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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