Art

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