Art

  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Budai
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Travel Shrine
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Praying Priest
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Tara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Stupa
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Four Excursions
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Gazelle
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers, fragment of a baluster
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Six Persimmons
  • Empress Jito, from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Hotei
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Stupa
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
Seated Bodhisattva

Seated Bodhisattva

This sculpture in high relief shows a seated bodhisattva on a draped throne. His hands are performing the dharmachakra gesture, which symbolizes the propagation of the Buddhist teachings. The figure is opulently dressed and richly adorned. An artistically wound turban completes the regal attire. His posture conveys serenity, and his half-closed eyes lend his face a meditative expression.