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  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Six Persimmons
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Machig Labdrön
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Standing Tara
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Bodhidharma
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Travel Shrine
  • Stupa
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Gazelle
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Padmasambhava
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • 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
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
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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