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  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Four Excursions
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Six Persimmons
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Hotei
  • Stupa
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Travel Shrine
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Bodhidharma
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Standing Tara
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Budai
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gazelle
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Praying Priest
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
Head of a Monk

Head of a Monk

With its broad grin and mischievous expression, this head is a picture of great mirth and contentment. 

As the figure’s body is lost, it is uncertain who is depicted here. The round face with its chubby cheeks and double chin suggests it might be the monk called Budai. Known frequently as “the Fat  Buddha”, Budai is often depicted as a laughing monk with a pot belly.

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