Art

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