Art

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