Art

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