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Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin) with vase and willow twig
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Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin) with vase and willow twig

Formerly attributed to Yan Liben (ca. 600-674) · 1368-1644 · Color on silk panel

From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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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.

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own description
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Credit lineBodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin) with vase and willow twig. 1368-1644. Formerly attributed to Yan Liben (ca. 600-674). National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.

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