Guanyin on Mt. Potalaka with Sudhana, 16th century, 50 x 23 in. (127 x cm) (image, approximate), Ink and color on silk, China, 16th century, Guanyin, the Chinese name of the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, the compassionate savior in Buddhism, was originally worshipped in the form of an Indian prince. Beginning in the Song period (960–1279), however, the Chinese transformed the bodhisattva into the Goddess of Mercy, depicted as a beautiful Chinese woman

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