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  • Head of a Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Praying Priest
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Bodhidharma
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Hotei
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Budai
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Gazelle
  • Padmasambhava
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Stupa
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Four Excursions
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Monk
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
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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