Art

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