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172. Euan-Yin, the goddess of mercy.— Bronze. Seated in the easy 

 position on a rock, a paroquet on her right, a vase on her left. Height, 

 15}.< inches. China. (Cat. No. 316340, U.S.N.M.) Collected by 

 Maj. Murray Warner and presented through his widow, Mrs. Gertrude 

 Bass Warner. 



173. Statuette of Euan-Yin. — Wood rudely carved. Represented 

 holding child. Height, 8 inches. China. Gift of Miss Alice Tracy 

 Thayer. 



174. Euanti, Chinese god ojwar. — Wood, carved, lacquered and gilt. 

 Height, 24 inches. China. (Cat. No. 216150, U.S.N.M.) Bequest 

 of S. S. Rowland. 



175. The CJiines$god of peace. — Wood, lacquered and gilt. Height, 

 24 inches. Chma. (Cat. No. 216151, U.S.N.M.) Bequest of S. S. 

 Howland. 



176. Euanti, Chinese god oj war. — Sandal wood, carved. Standing 

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

 Taoism, was admitted into the temples of pacificistic Buddhism be- 

 cause 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 tutelary 

 deity of the Manchu dynasty. Height, 5 inches. China. (Plate 47 

 (center). Cat. No. 158284, U.S.N.M.) 



177. Euanti, Chinese god oj ivar. — Wood, carved, painted, and 

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



178. Euanti. — Relief carved of basaltic lava, with an mscription in 

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

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



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

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

 ity, the "queen of heaven," Tien How is worshipped in China as the 

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

 her cloak upon an island when she bathed in the sacred Ganges. On 

 returning she found a lotus bud in the garment and, having eaten it, 

 she conceived Buddha. Perhaps it was this divinity which gave rise of 

 the coordination of Avalokitesvara with Kuan- Yin. Height, 4% 

 inches. China. (Cat. No. 130815, U.S.N.M.) Gift of Mrs. J. G. 

 BrufF. 



180. Maitreya. — Wood lacquered and silvered. Seated in medita- 

 tion. Maitreya is the Bodhisattva of Gautama Buddha and the next 

 and last Buddha to appear on earth during the present world-age 

 (kaljpa). He is the only Bodhisattva known to southern Buddhism 

 (Burma, Ceylon, Siam). He is sometimes represented seated in Euro- 

 pean fashion, that is, with the legs let down, with the attributes of a 

 vase (of ambrosia), and a wheel and lotus. Height, 9^^ inches. Laos, 

 Further India. (Cat. No. 217582, U.S.N.M.) 



181. Maitreya (f). — Wood. Seated figure on a throne, wearing a 

 crown, with the feet resting on a footstool. The right hand is resting 



