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infant are painted white, the lower dress, brownish green with broad 

 gold border; the upper, blue. Height, 6 inches. Kobe, Japan. 

 (Plate 61, Cat. No. 154824, U.S.N.M.) 



140. Kuannon. — Lead, bronzed, standing in a shrine of plain wood 

 on a green lotus, holding in her right hand a sort of scepter (ju-i), in 

 the left, the precious ball (mani). Height, 1\ inches. Shigisan, 

 Jamato, Japan. (Cat. No. 150581, U.S.N.M.) 



141. Kuan-Yin. — Wood, painted. Holding infant. Faces, hands, 

 and feet are painted white; the dress, brown. Height, 6 inches. 

 Foochow, China. (Cat. No. 216027, U.S.N.M.) Gift of Gen. G. W. 

 Bailey. 



142. Kuan- Yin {?). — Pewter, red lacquered and gilt. Seated in 

 meditation. Height, 9 Hnches. China. (Cat. No. 311805, U.S.N.M.) 

 Bequest of Miss Elizabeth S. Stevens. 



143. Kuan-Yin. — Copper, silvered. Statuette without base. The 

 hands are wrapped in the voluminous folds of the dress, which, how- 

 ever, do not conceal the necklace with three pendants. The veil is 

 drawn over the head and hangs down behind. Height, 4h inches. 

 China. (Cat. No. 311808, U.S.N.M.) Bequest of Miss Elizabeth S. 

 Stevens. 



144. Tshen-ju- Kuannon {thousand-handed Kuannon). — Relief of in- 

 durated clay, representing the goddess with many arms standing on a 

 lotus. The distinctive attribute of the goddess, namely, mercy, is 

 illustrated in this realistic manner by an image with many hands that 

 are ever ready to help the needy. Height, 3 inches. Kobe, Japan. 

 (Plate 62, fig. 1, Cat. No. 116220, U.S.N.M.) 



145. Kuannon. — -Wooden statuette painted and gilt, with six arms 

 seated in lacquered shrine. Height, 4 inches. Japan. (Plate 62, 

 iig. 3, Cat. No. 154272, U.S.N.M.) 



146. Kuanti, Chinese god of war. — Sandal wood, carved. Stand- 

 ing on a mythical animal with two attendants, Kuanti, one of the 

 deities of Taoism, was admitted into the temples of pacificistic 

 Buddhism because as god of war he was considered as a valuable 

 champion to enlist on the side of the true religion, and also because 

 he was the tutelary deity of Manchu dynasty. Height, 5 inches. 

 China. (Plate 62, fig. 2, Cat. No. 158284, U.S.N.M.) 



147. Kuanti, Chinese god of war. — Wood, carved, painted, and 

 gilded. Height, 28 inches. China. (Cat. No. 158312, U.S.N.M.) 



148. Kuanti.— Relief carved of basaltic lava, with an inscription 

 in intaglio. Height, 15 inches; width, 9 inches. Yokohama, Japan. 

 (Cat. No. 75060, U.S.N.M.) 



149. Tien-How. — Indurated clay. Woman seated, holding in her 

 right arm an infant, in the left hand a lotus. Originally a Taoist 

 divinity, the "queen of heaven," Tien How is worshiped in China as 

 the mother of Buddha, whom she had miraculously conceived. She 



