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Art

  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Stupa
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Tara
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Head of a Monk
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Six Persimmons
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Hotei
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Bodhidharma
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Travel Shrine
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Stupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Four Excursions
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
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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