Art

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