Art

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