Art

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