Art

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