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  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Standing Buddha
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Monk
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Stupa
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Gazelle
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

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)
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Travel Shrine
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Standing Tara
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Six Persimmons
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Budai
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Bodhidharma
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • 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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