Art

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

Rectangular Coin

Small and often unassuming coins offer exciting insights into international trade relations. Roman coins have been found in southern India, for instance, Greek ones in north-west India. Finds of coins permit the reconstruction of specific trade routes or entire commercial networks. Gandhara was a centre of Buddhism and a hub that traded in goods from around the world. The region, located in what is now parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan, lay along the Silk Roads that connected China with India, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean.