Art

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