Art

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