Art

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