Art

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