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Art

  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Budai
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Four Excursions
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Monk
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • 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
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Praying Priest
  • Stupa
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Travel Shrine
  • Padmasambhava
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Bodhidharma
  • Standing Tara
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Gazelle
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Stupa
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion

Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion

This large wooden sculpture of the Bodhisattva Guanyin is captivating in its delicacy and elegance. His slim body with its narrow shoulders is enveloped in a flowing robe; his hair is tied up into a tall topknot. 

Originally, this Guanyin probably had a metal crown and earrings, now lost – as is the vase he once held in his hands. Traces of gold suggest that the statue was entirely gilded.

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