Art

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