Art

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