Art

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