Art

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