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Art

  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Stupa
  • Head of a Monk
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Praying Priest
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Padmasambhava
  • Budai
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

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
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Bodhidharma
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Standing Tara
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Travel Shrine
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Gazelle
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Four Excursions
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Hotei
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
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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