Art

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