Art

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