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  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Budai
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Gazelle
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Standing Tara
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Travel Shrine
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Four Excursions
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Stupa
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Stupa
  • Head of a Monk
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Praying Priest
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Six Persimmons
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Hotei
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
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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