Art

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