The Collection – University of Michigan Museum of Art

Head of a Buddha (Mon-Dvaravati style)

700-899

Dvaravati Mon

grey limestone

Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra, attended by Indra

100-399

Artist Unknown, Gandhara (Ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)

stucco relief with traces of polychromy

Scene from the Life of the Buddha: Conception (architectural fragment)

2nd century - 3rd century

Artist Unknown, Gandhara (Ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)

stone

Scenes from the Life of the Buddha: Adoration of the Buddha Dimpakara, Conception, Prophecy, Birth (architectural fragment)

2nd century - 3rd century

Artist Unknown, Gandhara (Ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)

stone

Buddha, standing, in double abhaya mudra (modern work in Khmer style)

20th century (?)

Thai

bronze

Vairocana Buddha (Japanese, Dainichi Nyorai)

17th century

Japanese

cypress wood with gesso, lacquer, polychrome, and gilding

Scene from the life of the Buddha: Buddha triumphs over the fire snake at the Fire Temple of Uruvilva Kasyapa (architectural fragment)

200-232

Artist Unknown, Gandhara (Ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)

grey schist

Head of a Buddha

10th century

Indonesian

andesite stone

Head of a Buddha

2nd century - 3rd century

Gandhari

gray schist

Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra (architectural fragment)

2nd century - 3rd century

Artist Unknown, Gandhara (Ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)

black schist with light brown patina

Buddha, seated in the ardha padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra

circa late 11th century

Khmer

bronze

White-Robed Guanyin Who Sends Sons

20th century

Chinese

woodblock print on paper

Dizangwang Bodhisattva

20th century

Chinese

woodblock print on paper

Gelugpa Merit Field, centered on Tsongkhapa, with lineage teachers above and to the sides, and meditational deities (yidam) and protectors (dharmapala) below.

1800-1850

Tibetan; Nepali

gouache and gold on cotton

Mandala of a Yabyum deity, housed in a chorten (stupa), surrounded by other deities and figures from the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon

early 18th century - mid 18th century

Nepali

ink, gouache and gold on cotton

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