A Visual Offering Treasures of Buddhist Art

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A Visual Offering

Ouigher Offerant, ca. 10th

cent., Bazaklik, Turphan,

Xinjiang Province, China

Treasures of

Buddhist Art

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Indic Region

Buddhist art

of India and

Bangladesh

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Buddhist Art

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The Relics of

Sakyamuni

Buddha from

Priprawa reburied

in the Ashokan

redistribution of

ca. 250 BCE

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Buddhist Art

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The Relics of

Sakyamuni Buddha

from Priprawa

reburied in the

Ashokan

redistribution of ca.

250 BCE

The relic casket with

the inscription

lya.m sal[r]il[r]a-nidhane Budhasa

Bhagavate Sakiyanam sukitithatinam

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The Mahabodhi temple

commemorating the place

of Sakyamuni Buddha’s

enlightenment at Bodh

Gaya, various dates from

ca. 400 BCE to late 19th

cent., Bihar State, India

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The Vajrasana, an Ashokan commemorative offering platform at the exact

place where it was (as still is) believed that Siddhartha Gautama became the

enlightened one a Buddha, ca. 250 BCE, Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India

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Lion Capital, Sarnath, Mauryan

period, ca. 250 BCE. Sarnath,

Varanasi, India

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Buddhist Art

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Sanchi, Stupa I, overview from the north,

Various dates 3rd & 1st cent. BCE and 20th cent. (British Restoration)

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Sanchi, Stupa I, overview from the south,

Drawn as it might have appeared at the beginning of the common era

By John C. Huntington

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Auspicious symbols, early 1st

cent. BCE, Sanchi Stupa II,

India

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Worship of a Stupa, 1st cent.

BCE. North Torana, Sanchi,

India

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Buddha attended by Padmapani

and Vajrapani, dated to the year

3 of the Kanishka era, ca. 130

CE, Ahicchatra, India

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Pensive Avalokitesvara, ca 2nd

cent., Greater Mathura region,

India

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Worship at the

throne in front of

the pillar of

radiance, ca. 3rd

cent. CE,

Amaravati Stupa,

Amaravati, Andhra

Pradesh India

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The Buddha Sakyamuni

displaying the second

level of Dharma chakra

Mudra, Gupta period 5th

cent., Sarnath, India

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Ajanta Caves on the Wogihara River, 1st cent BCE and 5th cent. CE, panorama of the site

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Indo-scythian Nobleman

with attendants, ca. 465

CE, Ajanta, Cave 1,

Maharashtra, India

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Padmapani

(Avalokitesvara), ca. 465

CE, Ajanta, Cave 1,

Maharashtra, India

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Ceiling lotus, ca. 465 CE,

Ajanta, Cave 2,

Maharashtra, India

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Saccha (stamped clay

medallion) of the Mahabodhi

temple, ca 5th cent., Bihar,

India

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Tara and attendants, 9th cent.,

Sirpur, India

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Vajrapani and Anuchara, 9th

cent., Bihar, India

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The Mother of all Buddhas

(sarva-tathagata-matri), Sita

Prajnaparamita and attendants,

9th or 10th cent., Bihar, India

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Vajrasana Sakyamuni, ca. 9th

cent., Probably Kurkihar, Bihar,

India

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Vajrasana Sakyamuni, ca. 9th

cent., Main Shrine image of the

Mahabodhi Temple, Bihar,

India

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Vajrasana Sakyamuni With

Avalokitesvara and Maitreya

Bodhisattvas, ca. 10th cent.,

Bihar, India

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Syama Tara ca 10th or 11th

cent., Bihar, India

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Arya Avalokiteshvara

(Lokanatha) with Tara and

Hayagriva, 11th cent., Rajsahi

district , Bangladesh

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Mandala of Chakrasamvara and

the deities of the mandala and

aspects of the charnel fields, ca.

12th cent., Bangladesh

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Nepal

Buddhist art of

the Kathmandu

Valley, Nepal

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Svayambhu

Mahacaitya, 5th

cent. BCE to

Present,

Kathmandu

Valley, Nepal

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Bouda, Stupa of the peasant woman and her three sons, ? to Present,

Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

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Svayambhu Mahacaitya, Licchavi

period, ca. 5th 6th cent. CE

(restored), OM Bahal, Patan,

Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

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Miniature Stupa, Licchavi Period

ca. 7th cent., Cha Bahi, Deo Patan,

Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

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Svayambhu Mahacaitya,

15th cent., Kathmandu

Valley Nepal

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Tara, ca. 12th cent., Nepal

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Arya Avalokitesvara, ca. 12th

cent., Nepal

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Amoghapasha

Avalokitesvara with Tara,

Brikuti and Hayagriva, ca.

mid 15th cent., Nepal

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Main Shrine Torana, 1834, Kwa Bahal, Patan Nepal

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Nateshvara Avalokitesvara, ca.

1935, Shantipur, Svayambhu

Mahachaitya, Kathmandu

Nepal

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Worship of the Manjusri pada,

date unknown, Shantipur,

Svayambhu Mahachaitya,

Kathmandu Nepal

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Vajrasattva, ca. 12th through

20th cent. Kwa Bahal, Patan,

Nepal

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“Greater”GandharaBuddhist art

of Pakistan,

Afghanistan

and Kashmir

Afghanistan

Pakistan

India

“Gandhara”

Kashmir

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Sakyamuni meditating under a tree

with Shakra and Brahma requesting

that he teach the dharma to others.

Ca 2nd cent. BCE Bajur District,

Gandhara, Peshawar Valley,

Pakistan.

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Gold Stater of Kanishka, ca. 127-145 CE. Obv. Kaniska at fire-alter; Rev. Buddha, Ahin Posh,

Kapisha, Afghanistan

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Takht-I-Bahi monastery plan

Ca. late 2nd early 3rd cent.,

Gandhara, Pakistan

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Fasting ascetic Prince Siddhartha

Ca. late 2nd early 3rd cent.,

Gandhara, Pakistan

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Tushita Maitreya Bodhisattva, ca.

2nd or early 3rd cent. CE,

Gandhara, Pakistan.

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Sukhavati Amitabha with

Avalokitesvara and Maitreya(?)

attended by Shakra and

Brahma. Dated year 5, I.e., ca

132 CE

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Reliquary in the form of a stupa, ca

3rd or 4th cent., Gandhara

(Peshawar Valley, Pakistan)

Probably a fairly accurate model of

the stupa of Kanishka.

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Reliquary in the form of a stupa

with a schist casket, ca 3rd or 4th

cent., Gandhara (Peshawar valley,

Pakistan,

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Head of Avalokitesvara, ca 4th or

5th cent., unknown provenance,

Presumably Afghanistan

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The 55 meter Brihad Buddha at

Bamiyan, ca 6th cent., Bamiyan

valley, Afghanistan

(Now destroyed)

CNN

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A Buddha predicting the viewer’s

enlightenment, ca 627 or later,

Niche C, Fondukistan, Afghanistan.

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Arya Avalokitesvara, ca.

6th or 7th cent., Kashmir,

India

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Sakyamuni/Vairocana in

Akanistha Paradise, 714

CE, Kashmir, India

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Vajrapani Bodhisattva in

his angry form, ca 9th

cent., Kashmir, India

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Avalokitesvara, Manjusri

and Vajrapani, ca 11th

cent., Kashmir, India

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Amitabha Buddha in

Sukhavati Paradise, ca.

11th cent. (Kashmir

school of painting), Alchi

monastery, Ladakh, India

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Silk Road

Buddhist art of the city states of the Tarim Basin

Xingjiang Province

Gansu Province

Tarim Basin

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Dharmakaya Vairocana ca 7th

cent., Balawaste, Khotan region,

Xingjiang Province, China

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Iranian style “god of sericulture,”

ca. 6th cent., Dandan Oiliq,

Khotan region, Xingjiang

Province, China

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Avalokitesvara with

Sita and Syama Tara

receiving the offerings

of a donor. Ca. 5th or

6th cent., Tumshuq,

Xingjiang Province,

China

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Pranidhana image, Bazalik, temple

9, ca., 9th cent., Turphan Oasis,

Xingjian Province, China

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Dakini image, Bazalik, temple 9,

ca 9th cent., Xingjian Province,

China

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Tushita Maitreya Bodhisattva,

west wall cave 275, 5th cent.

Dunhuang, Gansu Province,

China

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Crowned White-robed Buddha

(Vairocana) west wall cave 465,

5th cent. Dunhuang, Gansu

Province, China

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Water-Moon Avalokiteshvara, ca.

11th cent., Cave 17 hoard,

Dunhuang, Gansu Province,

China

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TibetBuddhist art of Tibet

Tibet (Xizang province, China)

Eastern Tibet

(Qinghai province, China)

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Vajrasattva and Sattvavajri,

Gaur school in Tibet, ca. Late

11th cent. Tibet

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Guhyasamaja Manjuvajra, ca.

12th cent. Tibet

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Vajravarahi Mandala, Sakya

school, ca 15th cent., Tsang

district, Tibet.

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Shakyamuni at the

moment of

enlightenment), 12th

cent. Southern Tibet,

(gTsang district)

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Gur gyi mGonpo

(Panjara Mahakala)

13th cent. Southern

Tibet, (gTsang

district)

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Ratnasambhava, ca.

14th cent. Southern

Tibet, (gTsang

district)

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Anonymous: (Newar Artists in Tibet), Pancajina Buddhas, 14th cent., Zhalu Monastery Tibet

Eric R. Huntington

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Anonymous: (Newar

Artists in Tibet),

Akshobhya Buddha, 14th

cent., Zhalu Monastery

Tibet

Eric R. Huntington

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Vajrapani Bodhisattva, ca 14th

cent., southern Tibet,

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Stupa at Gyantse, 15th cent. Gyantse, Tibet

Eric R. Huntington

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Ratnasambhava, ca 18th cent,

southern Tibet

(Clay over wire armature)

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Pehar, the Nechung Oracle,

date(s) unknown, Lhasa, Tibet

Eric R. Huntington

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Mahotama Heruka form of

Samantabhadra, Nyingma

tradition ca 18th century, Tibet

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Tomb (stupa) of the 5th Dalai

Lama (1617-1682)

Potola, Lhasa, Tibet (Xizang

province of China)

Note: His death was secret for

15 years. Thus the stupa was

presumably built around 1697

or 1698.

Eric R. Huntington

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Tsongkhapa and

disciples, 20th cent.,

1969

(Ephemera: butter

Sculpture)

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Sri Lanka

Buddhist Art

of Lanka

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Parinirvana, Gal Vihara, Polonuwara, Polonuwara district, Sri Lanka

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Brihad Buddha at

Avukana,

Polonuwara district,

Sri Lanka

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Tara, ca. 9th cent.,

Polonuwara district,

Sri Lanka

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Stupa, Kandian

Period, ca. 18th cent.,

Kandy, Sri Lanka

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Miniature stupa with

the four Buddhas of the

past, ca 13th cent.

Polonuwara district, Sri

Lanka

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Indonesia

Buddhist Art of IndonesiaAll islands named have some Buddhist art

Indonesia ArchipelagoSumatra

Kalimantan

Sulawesi

Java

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Buddhist Art

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Borobudur, ca 800,

Central Java,

Indonesia

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China

Buddhist art

of China

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Seated Buddha, 16 States period,

dated to 338 CE, Northern China.

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Shakyamuni in Akanishta radiating

Buddhas, Bei Wei dated to 477 CE,

Northern China.

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Ketumati Maitreya Buddha, Bei

Wei dated to 477 CE, Northern

China.

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Central core as Mt. Meru tower,

Cave 51, Yungang, Bei Wei late

5th cent., Northern China.

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Vairochana in Akanishta, Early

Tang, 674, Longmen Northern

China.

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“King Udayana’s image of

Shakyamuni,” Commissioned

by Chonen in Song dynasty 985

CE, China. Now in the Seiryoji,

Japan.

Shakado at the Seiryoji

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Liang Kai, active, mid

13th cent. Shakyamuni

(the ascetic prince

Siddartha) descending

from the Mountains prior

to his enlightenment.

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“True Image of Avalokiteshvara”

ca. 12 the cent., Dali Kingdom

937-1253, Yunnan, China

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Aniko, Bai Ta si 13th

cent, Beijing, China.

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School of Aniko, Sada-aksari

Avalokiteshvara, ca late 13th

or early 14 cent., Yuan

Dynasty China,

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School of Aniko, unidentified

bodhisattva, ca late 13th or

early 14 cent., Yuan Dynasty

China,

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Fasting Prince Siddhartha, ca.

late 13th or early 14 cent.,

Yuan Dynasty China,

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Vairochana in Akanishta on

the Thousand Petaled Lotus.

16th cent., Ming period

China

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Anonymous (illegible

seal): Amitabha Buddha.

17th cent.

Tehua porcelain, Fujian,

China

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Emperor Qianlong as

Manjushri in a refuge

field.

Mid 18th cent.

Beijing, China

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Stupa of the Queen

Mother’s Hair.

Mid 18th cent.

Beijing, China

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Mongolia

Buddhist art of Mongolia

Inner Mongolia

Mongolia

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dPal lDan Lha Mo (Shri),

Ca 18th cent., School of

Zanabazar

Mongolia

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Vairochana from the

Sarva-tathagata-tattva-

samgraha Tantra

Ca 18th century, School

of Zanabazar.

Mongolia.

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Maitreya

Ca. 18th century, School

of Zanabazar.

Mongolia.

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Chakrasamvara

ca 18th century, School of

Zanabazar

Mongolia.

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Vajravarahi,

Ca. 18th century, School

of Zanabazar.

Mongolia.

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Dance mask.

Date uncertain, Mongolia.

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Korea

Buddhist art

of Korea

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Buddhist Art

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Pensive Miruk

Maitreya)

Ca. late 6th century.

Korea

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Sokko Tap

(Shakyamuni Pagoda)

Ca. late 6th century.

Korea

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Taho Tap (Prabutaratna

Pagoda)

Ca. late 6th century.

Korea

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Portable Shrine with

Shakyamuni /

Vairochana,

Manjushri and

Samantabhadra,

Unified Silla period

(668-935 CE)

Korea

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Relic container and

casket.

Unified Silla period

(668-935 CE)

Korea

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Amitabha Sutra.

Dated 1341

Korea

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Avalokitesvara of

the Rocks.

14th century.

Korea

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Japan

Buddhist art

of Japan

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Torri, Shaka

Sanson. Asuka

period (623 CE).

Horyuji, Nara,

Japan

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Yume Domo

Kannon.

Asuka period.

Horyuji, Nara,

Japan

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Tachibana

Shrine, Amida

triad.

:ate 7th or early

8th century.

Nara, Japan

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Prince Shotoku and two attendants.

Asuka period, 7th cent., Japan

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Daibutsuden, Todaiji, mid 8th century. Restored in the 18th century. Nara, Japan

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Daibutsu, Daibutsu-

den, Todai-ji, mid 8th

century. Restored in

the 18th century.

Nara, Japan

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Anonymous: Daruma

(Bodhi-dharma)

Kamakura period, Japan

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Miroku (Maitreya) Bodhisattva.

Late 7th cent., Chukuji Nunnery,

near the Horyuji, Nara, Japan

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Atelier of Jocho (Amitabha)

displaying “first rank, first birth”

mudra. Mid 11th cent., Byodo-in,

Uji, Kyoto area, Japan

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Amida raigo, ca 11th cent., Japan

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Taagensui Myou-ou, ca. 12th cent., Japan

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Aoi Fudou Myou-ou (Nila

Achala), ca. 13th cent., Japan

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Senjukanon,The 1000 Little Kannons, and the 28 Helpers. 13th & 14th cent.

Sanjusangendo, Kyoto, Japan

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Kao (act. 1320-30) Priest Prawn,

Japan

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Detail:

Kao (act. 1320-30) Priest Prawn,

Japan

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Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the Ginkakuji (Jishou-ji), built 1471 Kyoto, Japan

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Rock garden at the Ryoan-ji. Built ca 1500-1505 (?) Kyoto, Japan

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Hakuin Ekaku (1685-1768),

“Hotai: The Sound of One

Hand Clapping,” Japan.

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Hakuin Ekaku (1685-1768),

Daruma, Japan

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Buddha in dhyana posture.

ca. 19th cent., Thailand

What about me?

I must be somebody’s

Masterpiece!

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Weary old sage (wino) taking a nap on his empty wine gourd.

19th cent., Shiwan ware, Guangdong, China

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