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Art

  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Travel Shrine
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Budai
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Praying Priest
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Bodhidharma
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • 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
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Padmasambhava
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Standing Buddha
  • Standing Tara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • 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
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Six Persimmons
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Four Excursions
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Hotei
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
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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