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A bronze coin of the Korean Goryeo Dynasty. The legend reads: Tongguk tongbo, meaning 'Coin of the Eastern Kingdom' (Korea). 1097-1105 CE. (British Musem, London)

A green glazed vase with floral design, Jurchen Jin dynasty, 1115-1234 CE. (British Museum, London)

A maebyeong celadon vase with lotus decoration. 12th century CE, Goryeo Dynasty, Korea. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea)

Bodhisattvas are enlighted beings who have chosen to stay in the world to help others achieve Buddhahood. Avalokitesvara is the Bodhisattva of Compassion, known in Chinese as Guanyin. Guanyin is short for Guanshiyin...

A celadon gourd-shaped ewer deocrated with lotus petals. 13th century CE, Goryeo Dynasty, Korea. (Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea)

This stele is carved with representations of events in the Lotus Sutra, one of the most important texts in early Chinese Buddhism. The Lotus Sutra is reconstructed as a magnificent drama, during which the historical Buddha...

A bronze sword from the Eastern Zhou dynasty, China, 5th-3rd century BCE. (British Museum, London)

Bronze arrowheads from Shang dynasty China. 1200-1050 BCE. (British Museum, London)

A glazed stone tray, 12th century CE, Jin Dynasty. (Museum of Asian Art, Corfu)

A celadon pitcher in the form of a Taoist figure. Goryeo Dynasty, 12th century CE, Korea. (National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea)