Tour

  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Budai
  • Travel Shrine
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Sitatara, White Tara
Travel Shrine

Travel Shrine

This travel shrine, which the owner took with him on journeys, is decorated with the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism. The shrine served as a protection, even against demons!

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What might this small box have been used for?

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You’re at the Museum Rietberg, standing before this work of art?

Votive offerings before the Buddha

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Detail of a thangka from Bhutan, 19th century. RTI 114