Art

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