EditorialFour-Armed Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion), Angkor period, ca. first quarter of the 11th century, Cambodia, Bronze, H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm), Sculpture.
EditorialBodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, second quarter of the 8th century, Northeastern Thailand, Copper alloy inlaid with silver and glass or obsidian, H. 56 in. (142.2 cm); W. 22 1/2 in. (57.2 cm); D. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm); Wt. est. 2001 lbs. (907.6 kg), Sculptu...
EditorialFour-Armed Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion, 7th?8th century, Peninsular Thailand, Bronze, H. 9 7/8 in. (25.2cm), Sculpture, Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion, is identified by the seated image of Amitabha, ...
Editorial? ?? ????? ?, White-Robed Guanyin, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), late 14th century, China, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 36 x 12 7/8 in. (91.4 x 32.7 cm), Paintings, Unidentified, According to Buddhist belief, Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara, in Sanskrit),...
EditorialTaima Mandala, ?????, Edo period (1615?1868), 1750, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk, 41 13/16 x 37 1/16 in. (106.2 x 94.1 cm), Paintings, The Taima Mandala represents the Pure Land of the Buddha Amida (Sanskrit: Amitabha) bordered o...
EditorialHead of Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion, Angkor period, ca. third quarter of the 10th century, Cambodia, Bronze, H. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm); W. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm), Sculpture.
EditorialStanding Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion, ca. 7th century, Vietnam or Cambodia, Gilt bronze, H. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm), Sculpture, This very rare and extraordinary bronze sculpture, found in Vietnam, is strongly dependent stylisti...
EditorialSeated Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion, Anuradhapura period, ca. late 7th?first half of the 8th century, Sri Lanka, central regions, Bronze, H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); W. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); D. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm), Sculpture, The ear...
EditorialAvalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion, Thakuri period, 10th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Copper alloy, H. 13 1/4 in. (33.6 cm); W. 14 in. (10.1 cm); D. 3 1/2 in. (9 cm), Sculpture, This elegant bodhisattva, with its gently flexe...
EditorialStanding Avalokiteshvara (the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion), 8th century, Thailand, Bronze, H. 6 11/16 in. (17 cm); W. 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm); D. 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm), Sculpture.
EditorialIN THE GREAT NORTH-WEST WITH THE MARQUIS OF LORNE, CROSSING THE BOUNDARY LINE: 1. Rolling Prairie: An Attempt by Dr. Macgregor to Describe the Infinite; 2. A Visit to the Blackfeet Lodges, Fort McLeod; 3. "Chief" Mountain, on the Boundary Line Between ...
EditorialAnaximenes (c. 610-547 BC). Greek philosopher of the Ionian school and one of the first to place the origin of the universe on a principle called infinite.