Buddhist Art13h ago
#Bodhisattva #Mahapratisara Circa 17Th Century. #Nepal. Silver Figure. 11.1 Cm (4 3/8 In.) High. With Separately Cast And Affixed Side Ribbons And Halo, The Halo With Remains Of Cold Gold Pigment.
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Hidden Gems1d ago

Gold-leafed figures with outstretched wings hover above serpentine vines, their bodies entwined with lion-like guardians. This folio transforms ritual text into a celestial garden, where devotion and nature blur.

How many winged nats face left, their gestures mirroring the flow of the script?

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https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.172.16.b

Buddhist Art1d ago
Genji Komagome Daikannon. A #Buddha statue described as Meisho Zue in Edo. It was destroyed by fire during the Great #Tokyo Air Raid, but was rebuilt in 1993.
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Hidden Gems2d ago

Gold leaf gleams against the lacquered surface, where winged nats weave through serpentine vines and lion-like guardians. Their gestures frame the sacred text as both protection and offering—what detail in their postures suggests reverence rather than mere adornment?

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https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.172.a

Buddhist Art2d ago
Standing statue of Shichimen Senju Kanzeon Bosatsu of the principal image of Senko-ji in Koka City, Shiga Prefecture, #Japan It is a work from the end of the #Heian period and is designated as an important cultural property.
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Buddhist Art3d ago
Detail image of figures from a #Mongolian text describing the #meditations associated with the Bardo, between death and rebirth, practices of the Terma tradition of the Nyingma order of Northern #Buddhism.
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Hidden Gems4d ago

Gold leaf glows against the deep red lacquer, its tamarind-seed script dense and rhythmic as chant. These winged nats, half-hidden in scrolling vines, turn ritual text into a living cosmos—where does the sacred word end and the ornament begin?

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https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.172.12.b

Buddhist Art4d ago
Shotoku Taishi at Age Two, early 1300s. This sculpture depicts Shotoku Taishi (about 574–622), prince regent of #Japan, in a pose indicating a particular episode from legends about his life. Shotoku is widely recognized as a major force in the introduction of #Buddhism to #Japan, and a robust religious cult devoted to the prince had developed by the late 13th century.
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Buddhist Art5d ago
Gizan #Katoh, Seated #Shaka #Nyorai.
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Hidden Gems6d ago

Gilded lacquer glows between delicate floral borders, framing Pali script in precise tamarind-seed calligraphy. Winged nats and serpentine clouds suggest a cosmos where ritual and nature intertwine—how many creatures hide in the scrolling vines?

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https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.172.5.a