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Art

  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Hotei
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Four Excursions
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Travel Shrine
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Six Persimmons
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Standing Buddha
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Gazelle
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Budai
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Head of a Monk
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Stupa
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Praying Priest
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Standing Tara
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Padmasambhava
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
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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