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  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Standing Tara
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Budai
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Stupa
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Standing Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Bodhidharma
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Stupa
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Praying Priest
  • The Four Excursions
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Hotei
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Six Persimmons
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • State Oracle Garment
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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