Art

  • Gazelle
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Praying Priest
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Stupa
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Padmasambhava
  • Standing Tara
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Bodhidharma
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers, fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Four Excursions
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Standing Buddha
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Travel Shrine
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Budai
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Head of a Monk
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Empress Jito, from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Hotei
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree

Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree

This plaque of fired clay shows the Buddha seated in meditation under the Bodhi tree. 

 
Plaques of this kind were mass produced. They were purchased as religious mementos on visits to temples, monasteries, and pilgrimage sites.