Art

  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Stupa
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Gazelle
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • 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
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Padmasambhava
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Empress Jito, from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Four Excursions
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers, fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Stupa
  • Bodhidharma
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Hotei
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Tara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Six Persimmons
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism

Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism

This 15th-century vase was produced using the cloisonné technique. Metal strips are soldered onto a (usually) metal support and the resulting cells are then filled with glass paste. When fired, the paste melts into homogenous glass, which has lost nothing of its radiance to this day. The vase’s decoration, which features lotus vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism, suggests that this object was used for religious purposes.