Art

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

Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap

This three-quarter portrait is in keeping with standard images of Zen Buddhist priests. The master is seated in the meditation position with his legs crossed on an ornamentally carved, seat, his shoes are on a small footstool. Over his simple garment he wears a precious gold brocade wrap. In one hand he holds a stick which he uses to smack his pupils seated in meditation on the back to stop them from falling asleep. His gaze avoids the viewer and is fixed on a point hidden to us.