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  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Standing Buddha
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Budai
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Six Persimmons
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Standing Tara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Monk
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Four Excursions
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Travel Shrine
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Stupa
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Hotei
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Praying Priest
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
Buddha Shakyamuni

Buddha Shakyamuni

The Buddha is seated in the diamond posture on a broad-leafed, double lotus throne. In the Buddhist tradition, the lotus serves among other things as a symbol of spiritual growth and awakening. That is why images of awakened beings tend to be seated upon a lotus throne. The Buddha’s left hand rests in his lap; with his right hand he displays the earth-witness gesture. His head of tight curls still reveals traces of lapis lazuli, which was commonly used in Tibet for ritual ornamentation. This figure was quite probably cast in eastern Tibet: its face is strongly reminiscent of contemporaneous Chinese pieces. Tibetan work that shows Chinese influences is described as “Sino-Tibetan”.

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