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  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Praying Priest
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Travel Shrine
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Hotei
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Four Excursions
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Tara
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Budai
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Six Persimmons
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • 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
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
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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