Art

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

Buddha Shakyamuni

This small figure of the Buddha comes from the Swat Valley, at the western end of the Himalayas in present-day Pakistan. From the 4th to the 7th century, life in the valley was profoundly shaped by Buddhism. Chinese travellers at the time reported over one thousand monasteries and temples. 

Stylistically, Swat figures clearly show the influence of Gandharan art, such as the naturalistic modelling of the body and the realistic folds of the drapery. Coppered lips and eyes inset with silver are typical features of art from the Swat Valley.