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  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Gazelle
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Bodhidharma
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Padmasambhava
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Excursions
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Tara
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Budai
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Hotei
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Praying Priest
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
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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