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Guanyin
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Guanyin stands on a dragon fish in order to be carried across the sea. Buddhist texts describe Buddha's body as being gold. Accordingly, sculptures of buddhas and bodhisattvas are usually gold coloured, a reference to their holiness.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineGuanyin. 1368 - 1644. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
