Art

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