16th - 17th century
White-Robed Guanyin with Sixteen Lohans
Artist/maker unknownIn China, Guanyin underwent a number of transformations. Around the twelfth century, the bodhisattva merged with Miaoshan, a figure from Chinese popular religion. Known as "The Efficacious Guanyin of Great Loving Kindness and Compassion Who Saves People from Suffering and Hardships," Guanyin became mistress of Mount Putuo of the South Sea. In this composition, she is seated in a cave on Putuo. Sixteen lohans surround her and Sudhana, the young pilgrim standing before her on a stone, pays her homage.
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