Art

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