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  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Excursions
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Stupa
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Travel Shrine
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Standing Buddha
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Budai
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Praying Priest
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Gazelle
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Padmasambhava
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Six Persimmons
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Hotei
  • Bodhidharma
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • 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
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Tara
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
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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