Art

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