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  • State Oracle Garment
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Standing Buddha
  • Praying Priest
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Gazelle
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • 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
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Six Persimmons
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Hotei
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Padmasambhava
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Budai
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Stupa
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Standing Tara
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

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’ ”
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

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

The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats

This scroll is from a series of representations showing the Buddha’s legendary pupils. At the top left, we see the arhat Bakula carrying a jewel-spitting mongoose in his left arm. It symbolizes the wish to liberate all suffering people from poverty.

The picture of the four masters features numerous charming details. Especially noteworthy are the four small admirers. Their clothing tells us they are from different regions in Asia: China, the Middle East, southern India, and northern India. At the back on the right, a man is holding a tall fan which itself depicts a miniature landscape.

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