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  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Head of a Monk
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Six Persimmons
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Praying Priest
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Gazelle
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Bodhidharma
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Standing Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Stupa
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Stupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Budai
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Travel Shrine
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Hotei
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
Head of the Buddha

Head of the Buddha

This head once formed part of a sculpture of the Buddha, as indicated by the whorl of hair, called an urna, between the eyebrows; it is one of the marks of the Buddha. His long curly hair is arranged into a topknot. Fragments of Buddha sculptures from Gandhara, heads especially, were in great demand in Europe, North America, and Japan from the early 20th century onwards. Gandharan art was fashionable at the time. It was then that this head entered the collection of Werner Coninx, the previous owner of this piece.

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