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  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Praying Priest
  • Travel Shrine
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Four Excursions
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Hotei
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Standing Tara
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Gazelle
  • Budai
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Bodhidharma
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
Buddha Shakyamuni

Buddha Shakyamuni

This figure was cast in the imperial workshops of China’s Ming dynasty in Beijing. During the 15th century, Chinese emperors were closely associated with Tibetan religious leaders for political and personal reasons. Small figures like this were produced both for use in religious rituals in imperial temples and as gifts for Tibetan masters and dignitaries. 

This piece was produced in the so-called Sino-Tibetan style; superlative craftsmanship and influences from Tibetan-Nepali and Chinese art are fused here in formal perfection.

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