Art

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