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  • 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
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gazelle
  • The Four Excursions
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Travel Shrine
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Standing Tara
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Praying Priest
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Stupa
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Standing Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Stupa
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Head of a Monk
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
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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