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  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Budai
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Standing Buddha
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Praying Priest
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Standing Tara
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Hotei
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Bodhidharma
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Gazelle
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Travel Shrine
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Six Persimmons
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Stupa
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

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

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

Standing Tara

Standing Taras are rare and therefore keenly sought after by collectors of Nepalese art. Tara is shown here in a graceful pose with a pronounced S-shaped curve. Her right hand displays the gesture of genorosity; her left hand originally held the stem of the lily flowering next to her left shoulder. Tara is richly bejewelled. 
From frequent ritual touching, the gilt has rubbed off in places, which explains the colour contrast between the brown copper and the gilt residue.

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