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  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Budai
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Six Persimmons
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Four Excursions
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Stupa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
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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