Skip to main content
  1. Art
  2. The Collection

The UMMA Collection

Not sure what to search for? Try calligraphy, Helen Frankenthaler, or browse collection themes

Request an image for publication or research.

Filter
All/On Display:
Artwork Type:
Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Chinese, Guanyin) as a goddess
1850-1900
Chinese
Blanc de Chine glaze on porcelain
To add this object to a group, please log in, or create an account.
Head of a Buddha (Mon-Dvaravati style)
700-899
Dvaravati Mon
grey limestone
To add this object to a group, please log in, or create an account.
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
To add this object to a group, please log in, or create an account.
Conch trumpet, in an embossed silver mount, inlaid with lapis lazuli, turquoise and coral
800-1900
Tibetan; Nepali
conch shell, silver, vermeil, lapis lazuli, and coral
To add this object to a group, please log in, or create an account.
Scene from the Life of the Buddha: Conception (architectural fragment)
2nd century - 3rd century
Artist Unknown, Gandhara (Ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)
stone
To add this object to a group, please log in, or create an account.
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
To add this object to a group, please log in, or create an account.
Bencharong Ware Spitton with Buddhist dieties Thapanom and Norasingh, and Chinese fire patterns
early 19th century
Chinese
porcelain with overglaze enamel painting
To add this object to a group, please log in, or create an account.
Buddha, standing, in double abhaya mudra (modern work in Khmer style)
20th century (?)
Thai
bronze
To add this object to a group, please log in, or create an account.
Snow: calligraphy scroll
circa 1655-1675
Muan Xingtao
ink on paper
To add this object to a group, please log in, or create an account.
Phra Malai (The Monk)
19th century - early 20th century
Thai
gilt bronze
To add this object to a group, please log in, or create an account.
Vairocana Buddha (Japanese, Dainichi Nyorai)
17th century
Japanese
cypress wood with gesso, lacquer, polychrome, and gilding
To add this object to a group, please log in, or create an account.
Buddhist Monk with begging bowl
18th century
Japanese
hanging scroll fragment (framed), ink and color on silk
To add this object to a group, please log in, or create an account.
Celestial Musician (Japanese, Hiten; Sanskrit, Apsara)
circa 670-700
Japanese
polychromed camphor wood on lacquered wood base
To add this object to a group, please log in, or create an account.
Bodhisattva Padmapani (Avalokiteshvara; Japanese, Kannon), from Kôfukuji
12th century
Japanese
wood with trace of color
To add this object to a group, please log in, or create an account.
Thangka
Tibetan
cotton with opaque watercolor
To add this object to a group, please log in, or create an account.