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  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Budai
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Hotei
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Praying Priest
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Monk
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Standing Buddha
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Four Excursions
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Gazelle
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Stupa
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Travel Shrine
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Six Persimmons
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • 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
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma
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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