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  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Hotei
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Four Excursions
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Praying Priest
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Budai
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Standing Tara
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Gazelle
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Head of the Buddha
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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