Art

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

Head of the Buddha

This large, impressive head comes from the Buddhist cave temples at the “Mountain of Echoing Halls” in northern China. Around the year 550, seeking to perform meritorious deeds, Qi-dynasty rulers had a number of caves hewn out of limestone cliffs and then lavishly decorated with sculptures. The Southern Cave contained statues of three large Buddhas and their attendants. In their original location, the seated figures gazed down on devotees from a height of well over 3 metres.