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  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Standing Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Four Excursions
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Travel Shrine
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Hotei
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Tara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Budai
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Padmasambhava
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Bodhidharma
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Stupa
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
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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