Art

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