Water-Moon Avalokiteshvara 1300 - 1392

The “Water-Moon Avalokiteshvara” is a hanging scroll painting from the Yuan Dynasty, which features a seated figure of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, a key figure in Mahayana Buddhism. The composition depicts the deity in the "water-moon" form, where the bodhisattva appears to be reflected in a pool of water that serves as a metaphor for the transcendent nature of enlightenment. The image is housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.