Art

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