Art

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