Sho-Kannon, Bodhisattva of Compassion

ca. 1100-1200

This sumptuously dressed bodhisattva with the appearance of a prince originally stood in a temple. As mediators between the divine and human worlds, bodhisattvas are highly venerated figures whose purpose is to encourage humans to reach nirvana, a state synonymous with deliverance from our earthly existence.

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