Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin) with vase and willow twig
National Museum of Asian Art

Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin) with vase and willow twig

Formerly attributed to Yan Liben (ca. 600-674) · 1368-1644

Color on silk panel
National Museum of Asian Art
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of Asian Art

As an object of veneration, Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, is shown with emblems of divine power: visible hands engaged in curative action and bare upturned feet folded in the lotus position.

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