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Bodhisattva (Jokaisho Bosatsu): esoteric Buddhist iconographic drawing
mid 12th century
Takuma Tametō
handscroll fragment, ink and color on paper
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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
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Female Buddhist Deity?
circa 1350-1450
Chinese
wall painting (fragment): ink and color on plaster
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Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu), seated on a lion: architectural fragment
circa 1605
Japanese
wall painting fragment,ink and color on wood panel
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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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Tibetan Buddhist deity
late 20th century
Nepali
thangka (hanging scroll), ink, opaque mineral pigments, and gold on silk
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Bodhidharma Crossing the Yangtze on a Reed
1935
Japanese
hanging scroll, ink on silk
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Prayer Wheel (Mani Wheel)
mid 19th century - early 20th century
Tibetan
metal and wood
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Bodhisattva Guanyin
7th century
Chinese
stone
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Kadampa Stupa
13th century
Tibetan; Nepali
bronze with inlaid turquoise and coral
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Head of a Buddha
17th century - 18th century
Thai
gilt bronze
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Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Chinese, Guanyin) with a willow branch and vase
618-907
Chinese
Molded terracotta votive plaque
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Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Chinese, Guanyin) as a goddess, in anjali mudra
early 20th century
Chinese
ivory
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Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu), seated on a lion
15th century
Japanese
hanging scroll, ink, color and gold on silk
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Royal Attendant for a Buddhist Shrine (one of a pair)
19th century
Burmese
gilt and lacquered wood with glass and tin inlay
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