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  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Travel Shrine
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Stupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Budai
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Praying Priest
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Stupa
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Four Excursions
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Hotei
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Monk
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
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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