Art

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