Buddhist Icons
The Buddhist icons on this page are the Buddha, the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Chinese, Guanyin or Kuan-yin), the Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta (Chinese,Dashizhi or Ta-shih-chih), the Bodhisattva Manjusri (Chinese, Wenshu or Wen-shu), and examples of some arhats (Chinese, Lohan or Lo-han). They can be found in famous museums and galleries, such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Freer Galley of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
| 1. Guanyin (N Wei, gilded bronze) | 2. Guanyin (N Wei, gilded bronze) |
| 3. Buddha (Northern Ch'i, limestone) | 4. Buddha (Northern Ch'i, limestone) |
| 5. Guanyin (N Ch'i, stone) | 6. Guanyin (Sui, limestone) |
| 7. Guanyin (Sui, limestone) | 8. Buddha (W Chin, gilded bronze) |
| 9. Guanyin (T'ang, limestone) | 10. Guanyin (T'ang, marble) |
| 11. Guanyin (T'ang, gilded bronze) | 12. Guanyin (T'ang, limestone) |
| 13. Bodhisattva (T'ang, stone) | 14. Ta-shih-chih (T'ang, gilded bronze) |
| 15. Wen-shu (T'ang, ) | 16. Guanyin (T'ang, wood) |
| 17. 11-face Guanyin (T'ang, limestone) | 18. Bodhisattva (Early Sung? wood) |
| 19. Guanyin (Sung, wood) | 20. Guanyin (Sung, wood) |
| 21. Guanyin (Sung, wood) | 22. Guanyin (Sung, wood) |
| 23. Guanyin (Sung. wood) | 24. Arhant, or Lohan (Liao, pottery) |
| 25. Lohan (Liao, pottery) | 26. Lohan (Liao, pottery) |
| 27. Lohan (Liao, pottery) | 28. Lohan (Liao, pottery) |
| 29. Guanyin (Chin, wood) | 30. Guanyin (Yuan, wood) |
| 31. Pratyekabuddha (Yuan, wood) | 32. Guanyin (Ming, ceramics) |
| 33. Guanyin (Ming, wood) | 34. Lohan (Ming, gilded bronze) |
| 35. Buddha (Sui-T'ang, wood) | 36. Seated Buddha (T'ang, gilded bronze) |
| 36. Maitreya (T'ang, stone) | 37. Buddha (Sung, gilded bronze) |
| 39. Guanyin (Sung, wood) | 40. Buddha (Chin, wood) |
| 41. Amitabha (Chin, wood) | 42. Amitabha (Chin, wood) |
| 43. Kuan-yin (gilded bronze) | 44. Guanyin (gilded bronze) |
| 45. Guanyin (guilded bronze) | 46. Guanyin + disciples (gilded bronze) |
| 47. Guanyin (guilded bronze) | 48. 11-face Kuan-yin (gilded bronze) |
| 49.Amitabha (gilded bronze) | 50. Buddha when born (gilded bronze) |
| 51.Amitabha (gilded bronze) | 52. Buddha + disciples (gilded bronze) |
| 53. Buddha + disciples (gilded bronze) | 54. Amitabha (gilded bronze) |
| 55. Amitabha (gilded bronze) | 56. Lo-han (gilded bronze) |
| 57. Lo-han (gilded bronze) | 58. Ti-tsang as a bhiksu |
