Art

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