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  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Stupa
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Hotei
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Padmasambhava
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Six Persimmons
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Praying Priest
  • Stupa
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Travel Shrine
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Gazelle
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Standing Tara
Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching

Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching

This plaque made of fired clay shows the Buddha teaching. He is seated on a throne, and architectural elements are visible in the background. With his hands he is performing the Wheel of the Law gesture, signifying the dissemination of the Buddhist teachings across the world. Like a wheel which, once set in motion, keeps on turning, this spread is meant to continue indefinitely.

Plaques like this one were produced in large quantities and served as mementos, votive objects, and lucky charms throughout Asia.

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