Art

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