Art

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