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Art

  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Bodhidharma
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Budai
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Standing Tara
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Travel Shrine
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Head of a Monk
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • 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
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Stupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Stupa
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Gazelle
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
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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