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  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Stupa
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Head of a Monk
  • Stupa
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Six Persimmons
  • Travel Shrine
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Bodhidharma
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Budai
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gazelle
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Standing Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Padmasambhava
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
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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