2637657 The Bodhisattva Guanyin (wood, gesso, mineral pigments & gold) by Chinese School, Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127); height: 141 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN, USA; (add.info.: Guanyin is an East Asian deity of mercy, and a bodhisattva associated with compassion as venerated by Mahayana Buddhists. The name Guanyin is short for Guanshiyin, which means "Perceiving the Sounds (or Cries) of the World". She is also sometimes referred to as Guanyin Bodhisattva. Some Buddhists believe that when one of their adherents departs from this world, they are placed by Guanyin in the heart of a lotus, and then sent to the western pure land of Sukh?vati.); 穢 Minneapolis Institute of Art; Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton; Chinese, out of copyright.