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Art

  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Budai
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Stupa
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Praying Priest
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Four Excursions
  • Standing Tara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

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 Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Travel Shrine
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Standing Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Six Persimmons
  • Gazelle
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Bodhidharma
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Padmasambhava
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Stupa
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
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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