Art

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

Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar

This small altar is made of wood and has a black lacquer exterior. To use it in a ritual, one would open the two wings, revealing the saviour figures painted with lacquer pigments on a gold background. At the centre within an aureole stands Amitabha, the Buddha of Compassion. He is flanked by two bodhisattvas descending on clouds and reverently presenting him with two lotus blossoms.