Art

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