Art

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