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  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Standing Tara
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Four Excursions
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Budai
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Bodhidharma
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gazelle
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Padmasambhava
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Standing Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Hotei
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
Shyamatara, Green Tara

Shyamatara, Green Tara

Tara is greatly revered by Himalayan Buddhists to this day; they call on her for protection and aid in any situation. As Shyamatara (Green or Dark Tara), she sits with her left leg bent in front of her; her right leg is pendant and rests on a lotus. Her pose symbolizes her willingness to leap to her feet to help out at a moment’s notice. 

This figure was cast in the imperial workshops at Beijing, and is among the finest examples of Chinese sculpture. The naturalistic modelling of the body, the elegant drapery folds, and the opulence and intricacy of the jewellery reveal the figure’s quality.

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