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  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Six Persimmons
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Standing Buddha
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Bodhidharma
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Budai
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Travel Shrine
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Praying Priest
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Tara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Four Excursions
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Hotei
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Head of a Monk
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Vijaya Stupa
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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