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  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Head of a Monk
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Praying Priest
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Six Persimmons
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Travel Shrine
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Budai
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Hotei
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Gazelle
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Tara
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Bodhidharma
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
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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