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  • Bodhidharma
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Praying Priest
  • The Four Excursions
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Stupa
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Head of a Monk
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

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)
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Travel Shrine
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gazelle
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Padmasambhava
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Hotei
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Stupa
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
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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