Art

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