Art

  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Bodhidharma
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Six Persimmons
  • Travel Shrine
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • 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
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Four Excursions
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Gazelle
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Standing Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • Empress Jito, from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers, fragment of a baluster
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Standing Tara
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Budai
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Praying Priest
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Stupa
  • Padmasambhava
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
Standing Bodhisattva

Standing Bodhisattva

Off you go, headless! This appears to have been the fate of this figure when it was removed from its original location in a sacred cave and carted off to Europe.

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How did this headless body reach Switzerland?

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You’re at the Museum Rietberg, standing before this work of art?

Western wall of cave 14, Tianlongshan Grottoes, Shanxi province, China

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The figure of the Bodhisattva in cave 14 at the Tianlongshan Grottoes before it was looted, around 1920.