The Collection – University of Michigan Museum of Art

Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Chinese, Guanyin) as a goddess

1850-1900

Chinese

Blanc de Chine glaze on porcelain

Vajra bell (Lontjeng) (one of a pair)

16th century - 17th century

Indonesian

bronze

Prayer Bell (Lontjeng) (One of a Pair)

16th century - 17th century

Indonesian

bronze

Vairocana Buddha (Japanese, Dainichi Nyorai)

17th century

Japanese

cypress wood with gesso, lacquer, polychrome, and gilding

Maitreya, head

1st century - 2nd century

Artist Unknown, Gandhara (Ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)

stucco

Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Chinese, Guanyin), seated in a posture of royal ease

1368-1644

Chinese

wood with traces of gesso, polycrome, and gold paint

Asuka (Kudara Kannon) [Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara; Japanese, Kannon bosatsu]

mid 20th century

Saitō Kiyoshi

color woodblock print on paper

Head of a bodhisattva

1955

Saitō Kiyoshi

color woodblock print on paper

Bodhisattva Avalokitehsvara (?), head

4th century - 5th century

Indian

terracotta

Kannon Bosatsu (Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, in Kamakura style), in vitarka mudra

19th century

Japanese

wood with traces of gesso, lacquer, and polychrome

Bodhisattva (?), head

circa 8th century

Indian

pink sandstone

Dizangwang Bodhisattva

20th century

Chinese

woodblock print on paper

Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu) seated on a lion

18th century (?)

Japanese

ema, ink and color on wood panel

Bodhisattva (Jokaisho Bosatsu): esoteric Buddhist iconographic drawing

mid 12th century

Takuma Tametō

handscroll fragment, ink and color on paper

Gelugpa Merit Field, centered on Tsongkhapa, with lineage teachers above and to the sides, and meditational deities (yidam) and protectors (dharmapala) below.

1800-1850

Tibetan; Nepali

gouache and gold on cotton

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