Art

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