Art

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

Buddha Vairocana

This Tibetan figure is of the Buddha Vairocana, regarded as the personification of all aspects of wisdom. Vairocana is portrayed displaying the Wheel of the Law (dharmachakra) gesture: his hands held in front of his chest symbolize the setting in motion of the Wheel of the Law, meaning the dissemination of the Buddhist teachings (the dharma).

This figure is an example of exquisite artistic form. In keeping with its cultic significance, it is richly decorated and set with gems. Particularly fine in its execution and inset with stones, the crown is reminiscent of jewellery associated with an Indian prince.