Art

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