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Art

  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Stupa
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Head of a Monk
  • Gazelle
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Six Persimmons
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Standing Tara
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Four Excursions
  • Hotei
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Stupa
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni

Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni

The oval shape of the Buddha’s nimbus dominates the appearance of this votive stela. The flame motif of the nimbus and the figures accompanying the Buddha are engraved with shallow lines.

Votive stelae such as this were often commissioned by a group of donors and installed in a temple precinct. The names of the donors are incised on the rear of the stela.

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