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  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Stupa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Hotei
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Standing Tara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Head of a Monk
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Excursions
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Budai
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Travel Shrine
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Bodhidharma
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Praying Priest
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
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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