Just a moment
Just a moment
Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333) · early 1200s · Cleveland Museum of Art
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Kannon, the bodhisattva of compassion, is one of the two bodhisattvas attending Amida, the Buddha of the Western Paradise. The sculpture stands on a lotus pedestal, holding a lotus dais on which the soul of the faithful is received into paradise.
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