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  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Budai
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Padmasambhava
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Stupa
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Tara
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Bodhidharma
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Gazelle
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Travel Shrine
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Standing Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Excursions
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Hotei
Stupa

Stupa

The form of this small stupa is typical of Himalayan reliquary shrines: it has a square base (waisted), a vase-shaped dome, and a tower of several rings crowned by a lotus bud. 

This stupa was made in the 18th century in northern China, where Tibetan-influenced Buddhism enjoyed the patronage of the imperial court in particular. The cell enamelling (cloisonné) technique, which reached China from Europe in the 15th century, was much used in ritual objects for temples.

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