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Art

  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Four Excursions
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Stupa
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Six Persimmons
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Head of a Monk
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Gazelle
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Budai
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Travel Shrine
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Padmasambhava
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Stupa
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
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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