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  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Stupa
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Praying Priest
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Four Excursions
  • Hotei
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Six Persimmons
  • Gazelle
  • Head of a Monk
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Travel Shrine
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Standing Tara
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Bodhidharma
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Budai
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
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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