Art

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