Art

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