Art

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

Buddhist Votive Tablet

This earthenware tablet depicting Buddhist figures was probably intended for use on a family altar or as a votive offering at a monastery. Large numbers of clay tablets like this were produced using ready-made moulds, making them affordable to poorer members of society. Despite this, few examples have survived. Given the cheap material and simple production method, it is possible they were not deemed worthy of preservation.