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  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Budai
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Gazelle
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Monk
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Standing Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Padmasambhava
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Travel Shrine
  • Bodhidharma
  • Hotei
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Tara
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Four Excursions
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster

Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers, fragment of a baluster

This tree nymph, called a yakshi, is portrayed dancing. In her left hand, above her head, she holds a water vessel containing lotus flowers; in her right hand, she holds a lotus in full bloom. She is naked except for items of jewellery such as armbands and drop earrings. Her hair is braided, and only the odd strand falls across her full breasts.

This relief once formed part of a stupa, and was probably set within its gateway or perimeter wall.

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