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  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Budai
  • Head of a Monk
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Tara
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Travel Shrine
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Bodhidharma
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Four Excursions
  • Stupa
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • 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
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Stupa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
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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