Art

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