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  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Stupa
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Four Excursions
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Hotei
  • Praying Priest
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Six Persimmons
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Buddha
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Travel Shrine
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Tara
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Gazelle
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
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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