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Head of an unidentified male figure, possibly a donor figure or a devotee in a Buddhist sculpture group; Gandhara (ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)

Title: Head of an unidentified male figure, possibly a donor figure or a devotee in a Buddhist sculpture group
Artist: Gandhara (ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)
Physical Description: This head of a male figure with curly hair and a mustache would once have been part of a large stucco sculpture group. Part of the stucco has flaked away from the right-hand side of the face.
Century: 5th century
Object Creation Date: circa 5th century
Accession Number: 1948/1.102
Medium and Support: stucco
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist Hadda

Buddha; Artist Unknown, Burma

Title: Buddha
Artist: Artist Unknown, Burma
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: circa 19th century
Accession Number: 1949/1.39
Medium and Support: marble
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu), seated on a lion; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu), seated on a lion
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 15th century
Object Creation Date: 15th century
Accession Number: 1954/1.207
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink, color and gold on silk
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Teacher and adept in a garden, with a yab-yum figure; Artist Unknown, Tibet or China

Title: Teacher and adept in a garden, with a yab-yum figure
Artist: Artist Unknown, Tibet or China
Physical Description: A painting in ink, gouache, and gold pigment on cotton, with considerable damage.
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century - 19th century
Accession Number: 1955/1.94
Medium and Support: ink, gouache, and gold on cotton
Style/Group/Movement: Sino-Tibetan Buddhist thangka

Prayer scroll fragment, from a prayer wheel; Artist Unknown, Tibet

Title: Prayer scroll fragment, from a prayer wheel
Artist: Artist Unknown, Tibet
Physical Description: A fragment of a horizontal scroll, which would originally have been rolled up and tucked inside a Tibetan prayer wheel, with the text of a prayer printed in red and black ink.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1959/1.158
Medium and Support: red and black ink on paper
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Female Buddhist Deity?; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Female Buddhist Deity?
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 14th-15th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1350-1450
Accession Number: 1961/2.54
Medium and Support: wall painting (fragment): ink and color on plaster
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist mural

Standing Monk , holding a rosary (fragment of a Buddhist altar); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Standing Monk , holding a rosary (fragment of a Buddhist altar)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 7th-8th century
Object Creation Date: 618-907
Accession Number: 1961/2.70
Medium and Support: gilt bronze
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Dvarapala: part of a Buddhist altar group; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Dvarapala: part of a Buddhist altar group
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 8th century
Object Creation Date: 8th century
Accession Number: 1961/2.73
Medium and Support: gilt bronze
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Buddhist altar ornament: lotus bud supported by two dvarapala; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Buddhist altar ornament: lotus bud supported by two dvarapala
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 7th-8th century
Object Creation Date: 618-907
Accession Number: 1961/2.74
Medium and Support: gilt bronze with blue-green patina
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Buddha or Maitreya, seated in cross-legged pose, on dias with incised incense burner and figures of two donors; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Buddha or Maitreya, seated in cross-legged pose, on dias with incised incense burner and figures of two donors
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: Late 6th century
Object Creation Date: late 6th century
Accession Number: 1961/2.75
Medium and Support: gilt bronze
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Buddhist Bronze; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Buddhist Bronze
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: mid 7th-early 8th centuries
Object Creation Date: circa 650-725
Accession Number: 1961/2.78
Medium and Support: gilt bronze
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Miniature altar: Standing Buddha in abhaya-vara mudra, flanked by 2 bodhisattvas; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Miniature altar: Standing Buddha in abhaya-vara mudra, flanked by 2 bodhisattvas
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 6th century
Object Creation Date: early 6th century
Accession Number: 1961/2.79
Medium and Support: bronze with traces of gilding on wooden stand
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Standing Buddha in Abhaya-vara mudra; Artist Unknown, Korea

Title: Standing Buddha in Abhaya-vara mudra
Artist: Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description: Gilt bronze standing Buddha on lotus pedestal. He is clothed in monastic robes with cascading U-shaped folds, similar to the gentle folds of his neck. His hands ake the form of two mudras: the abhaya (“have no fear”) mudra with the right hand, and varada (“wishes are granted”) mudra with the left.; It is well proportioned overall and represent Buddha in a standing position; a position quite popular in Unified Shilla Buddhist sculpture. The Ushinisha on the top of Buddha's head is tall, voluminous and black. The face is plump and facial features, including the eyes, nose and the mouth, are all rather small. The earlobes hang are hanging and the three curved lines on the neck are highly distinct.
Century: ca. 8th century
Object Creation Date: late 7th century - early 8th century
Accession Number: 1961/2.80
Medium and Support: gilt bronze
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra, attended by Indra; Artist Unknown, Gandhara (Ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)

Title: Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra, attended by Indra
Artist: Artist Unknown, Gandhara (Ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)
Physical Description: A fragment of a stucco relief sculpture.
Century: 2nd-4th century
Object Creation Date: 100-399
Accession Number: 1961/2.83
Medium and Support: stucco relief with traces of polychromy
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Zen eccentric contemplating a fish; Kanô Tsunenobu; Attributed to

Title: Zen eccentric contemplating a fish
Artist: Kanô Tsunenobu
Physical Description: A shabbily dressed figure holds out at arm’s length a small fish. He is completely focused on his catch, and his mouth almost seems to drool. The face, hands, and feet are sketched in a deliberately simplistic way, while the costume is drawn with only a few swift slashes of the brush, and the strokes bleed into each other.
Artist Life Dates: (active 1636 - 1713)
Century: 17th-18th century
Object Creation Date: mid 17th century - early 18th century
Accession Number: 1962/1.105
Medium and Support: hanging scroll, ink on paper
Style/Group/Movement: Kano School, Buddhist, Zen

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

Title: Gelugpa Merit Field, centered on Tsongkhapa, with lineage teachers above and to the sides, and meditational deities (yidam) and protectors (dharmapala) below.
Artist: Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
Physical Description: A portable painting, with gouache pigments on sized cotton, bordered by three strips of Chinese brocade. The painting is designed to be rolled up when not in use.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1800-1850
Accession Number: 1962/2.1
Medium and Support: gouache and gold on cotton
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist thangka

Dvarapala (guardian figure) from a Buddhist altar; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Dvarapala (guardian figure) from a Buddhist altar
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 7th century
Object Creation Date: 618-907
Accession Number: 1963/1.81
Medium and Support: bronze
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu), seated on a lion: architectural fragment; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Bodhisattva Mañjusri (J. Monju Bosatsu), seated on a lion: architectural fragment
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 17th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1605
Accession Number: 1963/1.91
Medium and Support: wall painting fragment,ink and color on wood panel
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Bodhisattva (Jokaisho Bosatsu): esoteric Buddhist iconographic drawing; Takuma Tametô; Attributed to

Title: Bodhisattva (Jokaisho Bosatsu): esoteric Buddhist iconographic drawing
Artist: Takuma Tametô
Artist Life Dates: active 1132-1174
Century: 12th century
Object Creation Date: mid 12th century
Accession Number: 1963/1.99
Medium and Support: handscroll fragment, ink and color on paper
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

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

Title: Mandala of a Yabyum deity, housed in a chorten (stupa), surrounded by other deities and figures from the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon
Artist: Artist Unknown, Nepal
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: early 18th century - mid 18th century
Accession Number: 1963/2.63
Medium and Support: ink, gouache and gold on cotton
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist thankga

Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra, flanked by two donor figures and with a mandorla of the seven Buddhas of the past (fragment of a stele); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra, flanked by two donor figures and with a mandorla of the seven Buddhas of the past (fragment of a stele)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 6th century
Object Creation Date: circa 500-550
Accession Number: 1964/1.89
Medium and Support: stone
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Buddha, seated, from Tongguan, with mandorla; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Buddha, seated, from Tongguan, with mandorla
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 4th century
Object Creation Date: 4th century
Accession Number: 1964/1.90
Medium and Support: bronze
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Standing Buddha (or possibly Maitreya) in abhaya mudra, with flask in left hand; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Standing Buddha (or possibly Maitreya) in abhaya mudra, with flask in left hand
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 4th century
Object Creation Date: 4th century
Accession Number: 1964/1.91
Medium and Support: bronze
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Buddha, standing on a table-like pedestal, with a flame mandorla; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Buddha, standing on a table-like pedestal, with a flame mandorla
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 4th century
Object Creation Date: 4th century
Accession Number: 1964/1.92
Medium and Support: cast and incised bronze
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Seated Buddha; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Seated Buddha
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 5th century
Object Creation Date: first half of 5th century
Accession Number: 1964/1.93
Medium and Support: bronze
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Suiten kyo (Sutra of Varuna, Deity of the Waters); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Suiten kyo (Sutra of Varuna, Deity of the Waters)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: This is a long horizontal scroll with several calligraphic inscriptions on the right portion of the paper. On the left are 3 figural scenes. The one closest to the writing shows a male figure wearing a large headdress seated in the lotus position within a circle. Next there is a figure with four arms who stands on the back of a dragon. Two people stand on either side- one a short blue-skinned man who holds a bowl and the other a smaller figure who holds a brush and paper. The third scene shows a male figure, seated in the lotus position, who holds a sword, a wheel, a brush and paper in his four hands.
Century: 14th century
Object Creation Date: circa 1300-1335
Accession Number: 1964/2.104
Medium and Support: handscroll, ink and color on paper
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

A Votive plaque depicting a Bodhisattva in Amitabha's (Chinese. Amitofou's) Western Paradise, giving rebirth to new souls from lotus buds; Artist Unknown, China

Title: A Votive plaque depicting a Bodhisattva in Amitabha's (Chinese. Amitofou's) Western Paradise, giving rebirth to new souls from lotus buds
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene.
Century: 7th-9th century
Object Creation Date: 618-907
Accession Number: 1964/2.17
Medium and Support: terracotta, molded
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

A Votive plaque depicting the Buddha Amitâbha (Chinese, Amitofou) preaching in his Western Paradise; Artist Unknown, China

Title: A Votive plaque depicting the Buddha Amitâbha (Chinese, Amitofou) preaching in his Western Paradise
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene..
Century: 7th-9th century
Object Creation Date: 618-907
Accession Number: 1964/2.18
Medium and Support: terracotta, molded
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

A Votive plaque depicting the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha (Ch. Dizang), in Amitabha's Western Paradise; Artist Unknown, China

Title: A Votive plaque depicting the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha (Ch. Dizang), in Amitabha's Western Paradise
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene.
Century: 7th-9th century
Object Creation Date: 618-907
Accession Number: 1964/2.19
Medium and Support: terracotta, molded
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Chinese, Guanyin) with a willow branch and vase; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Chinese, Guanyin) with a willow branch and vase
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 7th-10th century
Object Creation Date: 618-907
Accession Number: 1964/2.20
Medium and Support: Molded terracotta votive plaque
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

A votive plaque depicting an image of the Buddha, housed within a small temple; Artist Unknown, China

Title: A votive plaque depicting an image of the Buddha, housed within a small temple
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene.
Century: 6th-7th century
Object Creation Date: late 6th century - early 7th century
Accession Number: 1964/2.21
Medium and Support: terracotta, molded
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Tianwang (Heavenly King; a Buddhist protective deity); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Tianwang (Heavenly King; a Buddhist protective deity)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief figure.
Century: 7th-9th century
Object Creation Date: 9th century - 10th century
Accession Number: 1964/2.22
Medium and Support: terracotta, molded
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

A Votive plaque depicting the Buddha seated in dhyana mudra, and flanked by two stupas; Artist Unknown, China

Title: A Votive plaque depicting the Buddha seated in dhyana mudra, and flanked by two stupas
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene.
Century: 7th-9th century
Object Creation Date: 618-907
Accession Number: 1964/2.23
Medium and Support: terracotta, molded
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Fragment of base of a seated Buddha, with incense burner, lion, and attendant; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Fragment of base of a seated Buddha, with incense burner, lion, and attendant
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 6th-7th century
Object Creation Date: circa 580 - 620
Accession Number: 1964/2.24
Medium and Support: marble
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Dvarapala (Buddhist guardian deity); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Dvarapala (Buddhist guardian deity)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 7th century
Object Creation Date: mid 7th century
Accession Number: 1964/2.26
Medium and Support: gilt bronze
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Bodhisattva (Maitreya?), seated cross-legged in abhaya mudra, from Longmen (?); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Bodhisattva (Maitreya?), seated cross-legged in abhaya mudra, from Longmen (?)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 6th century
Object Creation Date: circa 525
Accession Number: 1964/2.82
Medium and Support: limestone
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Guardian King (Possibly To-wen, Guardian of the North); Artist Unknown, China

Title: Guardian King (Possibly To-wen, Guardian of the North)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Object Creation Date: 1368-1644
Accession Number: 1964/2.83
Medium and Support: wood with traces of polychrome decoration
Style/Group/Movement: Ming dynasty Buddhist

Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, with left hand in abhaya mudra; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, with left hand in abhaya mudra
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: Small gilt bronze seated Buddha in style of China’s cosmopolitan Tang Dynasty. It has a full figure, artfully draped robes, and a plump, rounded face with arched eyebrows. Hand is raised in abhaya mudra.
Century: 8th century
Object Creation Date: 700-799
Accession Number: 1964/2.91
Medium and Support: gilt bronze
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Buddha, seated in the pralambapadasana pose (with legs pendant), in abhaya mudra; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Buddha, seated in the pralambapadasana pose (with legs pendant), in abhaya mudra
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 7th-8th century
Object Creation Date: 7th century - 8th century
Accession Number: 1964/2.92
Medium and Support: bronze
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra; probably part of a larger altarpiece; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra; probably part of a larger altarpiece
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 5th century
Object Creation Date: circa 5th century
Accession Number: 1964/2.93
Medium and Support: gilt bronze
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra, with mandorla; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra, with mandorla
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: Small gilt bronze seated Buddha with Indian and Central Asian characteristics, including the pedestal he is seated on, folds of his robe, and the incised flames in the body halo encompassing him.
Century: 5th century
Object Creation Date: 433-466
Accession Number: 1964/2.94
Medium and Support: gilt bronze
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Buddha, seated, with mandorla and dais; inscription; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Buddha, seated, with mandorla and dais; inscription
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 6th century
Object Creation Date: 515
Accession Number: 1964/2.96
Medium and Support: bronze
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Buddha, standing, in vitarka mudra; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Buddha, standing, in vitarka mudra
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: A small, solid gilt bronze image of the Budddha, shown standing in a slighly swayback pose with both right and left hands in vitarka mudra, the gesture ot teaching. His robe is draped over both shoulders and falls in large, symmentrical V-shaped folds in shallow relief over his torso. His head is small, with the canonical snail-shell curls suggested by tiny knobs of bronze. He has full cheeks, a well-defined mouth, and incised slits for his eyes. There are two incised rings at his neck (instead of the canonical three). He stands on a pedestal of upward, double-petal lotus petals, raised on a hollow base. Some turquoise patina is visible on tthe base and head.
Century: 7th century
Object Creation Date: 7th century
Accession Number: 1964/2.97
Medium and Support: gilt bronze
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Bodhisattva Padmapani (Avalokiteshvara; Japanese, Kannon), from Kôfukuji; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Bodhisattva Padmapani (Avalokiteshvara; Japanese, Kannon), from Kôfukuji
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Physical Description: The figure is standing on a lotus-shaped pedestal; the hair is tied as a knot on top of the head; a crown is also on the top. The face has two elongated ears, round eyeblows, eyes looking downward; the lips are shut; sloping sholders are wrapped with thin robe, which hung toward the knees. Right hand, showing a palm, is raised to the chest while the left hand is by the lower abdomen, as if holding something. The three wrinkles can be seen on the neck. All are made of wood.
Century: 12th century
Object Creation Date: 12th century
Accession Number: 1969/1.106
Medium and Support: wood with trace of color
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Buddha, standing (extremely worn); Artist Unknown, Japan

Title: Buddha, standing (extremely worn)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Japan
Century: 9th century?
Object Creation Date: 9th century - 10th century
Accession Number: 1969/2.12
Medium and Support: wood with traces of gesso and polychrome
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Head of Maitreya; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Head of Maitreya
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 9th-10th century
Object Creation Date: 9th century - 10th century
Accession Number: 1969/2.138
Medium and Support: stone
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

An imaginary portrait of the Tibetan monk and scholar Go Lotsawa (1392–1481); Workshop Unknown, Tibet or Nepal

Title: An imaginary portrait of the Tibetan monk and scholar Go Lotsawa (1392–1481)
Artist: Workshop Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
Century: 18th-19th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century - 19th century
Accession Number: 1972/2.347
Medium and Support: ink on silk?
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist thangka

Bodhisattva Tara (Tibetan, Jetsun Dolma); Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal

Title: Bodhisattva Tara (Tibetan, Jetsun Dolma)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
Physical Description: A suberply cast hollow bronze figure of Tara, a Buddhist goddess, shown leated in the lalitasana pose ("royal ease," with one knee bent and the other relaxed), her right hand extended to her right knee in vara mudra (the gesture of charity), and her left hand in vitarka mudra (the gesture of teaching, with the thumb and third finger brought together). She wears a dhoti and jewelry, including an elaborate tiara and enormous lotus-petal design ear plugs. Her face has a broad, open forehead, with wide, slightly arching brows; her eyes are downcast with "s"-shaped upper lids; her nose is straight and long, and her mouth, in a curved Cupid's bow shape, is small but full. Her torso leans slightly to her left, which is balanced by the right tilt of her head. She sits on a double lotus dais with beaded upper and lower rims. The image and the base were case in one piece in the lost-wax method. There are traces of red paint for her mouth and blue paint for her hair.
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 18th century
Accession Number: 1972/2.40
Medium and Support: gilt bronze with inlaid semi-precious stones and traces of polychrome
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Devotees of the Buddha (fragment of a frieze from a stupa, from Nagarjunakonda?); India, Andhra Pradesh

Title: Devotees of the Buddha (fragment of a frieze from a stupa, from Nagarjunakonda?)
Artist: India, Andhra Pradesh
Century: 2nd-3rd century
Object Creation Date: 2nd century - 3rd century
Accession Number: 1972/2.42
Medium and Support: limestone
Style/Group/Movement: Buddhist

Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Chinese, Guanyin), seated in a posture of royal ease; Artist Unknown, China

Title: Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Chinese, Guanyin), seated in a posture of royal ease
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Century: 15th-16th century
Object Creation Date: 1368-1644
Accession Number: 1972/2.43
Medium and Support: wood with traces of gesso, polycrome, and gold paint
Style/Group/Movement: Ming dynasty Buddhist

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