EditorialBuddha, Gautama Buddha standing on Lotus cushion, a small flame halo around the head and a large around the body, founder or Buddhism, anonymous, Kashmir, c. 800 - c. 1000, brass (alloy), h 23.0 cm ? w 5.0 cm.
EditorialAhalya, wife of the sage Gautama, who was turned to a stone. Inscribed: ‘Ahilyah.’. 61 paintings illustrating the Adhyatma Ramayana, vol. 1. [Boddam collection.]. 1803 - 1804. Source: MSS Eur C116/1 f.69v.
EditorialSculpture of Buddha, Moulmein (Burma). 26 May 1853. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Figure of Gautama-Budha under a Cobra. Moulmein. May 26 1853. C.P. Raspa, the Naga or Snake King who sheltered him as he sat in meditation under the Bo tree. When in Comp...
EditorialNo. 46. Amerapoora. Colossal Statue of Gautama close to the N. end of the bridge. A general view of the statue of the seated Buddha, surrounded by small pagodas. Views in Burma taken during the Mission to Ava. Sep-Oct. 1855. Photograph. Source: Photo 6...
EditorialImage of Buddha in Bengal, and image of Birman Gautama Buddha in a temple in Amarapura. Adapted from Michael Symes' Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancie...
EditorialJapanese Shinto gods Amida (dog-headed god on a multi-headed horse) and Xaca (old man seated on cushion). The names reference Amitabha and Shaka, Gautama Buddha, Buddhist deities. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrra...
EditorialLeaf from a Jain Manuscript: Kalpa-sutra: The Monk Gautama, Enthroned (recto), 1279. Devachandra (Indian). Opaque watercolor and ink on palm leaf; Manuscript 3; overall: 4.4 x 35.2 cm (1 3/4 x 13 7/8 in.).
EditorialImage of Buddha in Bengal, and image of Birman Gautama Buddha in a temple in Amarapura. Adapted from Michael Symes' Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancie...
EditorialAhalya, wife of the sage Gautama, who was turned to a stone. Inscribed: ‘Ahilyah.’. 61 paintings illustrating the Adhyatma Ramayana, vol. 1. [Boddam collection.]. 1803 - 1804. Source: MSS Eur C116/1 f.69v.
EditorialAhalya, wife of the sage Gautama, who was turned to a stone. Inscribed: ‘Ahilyah.’. 61 paintings illustrating the Adhyatma Ramayana, vol. 1. [Boddam collection.]. 1803 - 1804. Source: MSS Eur C116/1 f.69v.
EditorialSculpture of Buddha, Moulmein (Burma). 26 May 1853. Inscribed on front in ink: ‘Figure of Gautama-Budha under a Cobra. Moulmein. May 26 1853. C.P. Raspa, the Naga or Snake King who sheltered him as he sat in meditation under the Bo tree. When in Comp...
EditorialNo. 46. Amerapoora. Colossal Statue of Gautama close to the N. end of the bridge. A general view of the statue of the seated Buddha, surrounded by small pagodas. Views in Burma taken during the Mission to Ava. Sep-Oct. 1855. Photograph. Source: Photo 6...
EditorialInterior of the Kootoo-ma-shee [Atumashi] or Incomparable Pagoda, [Mandalay], showing the image of Gautama. The interior of this building is gorgeous in the extreme, it being entirely overlaid with gold leaf and decorated with pieces of looking-glass. ...
EditorialImage of Buddha in Bengal, and image of Birman Gautama Buddha in a temple in Amarapura. Adapted from Michael Symes' Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancie...
EditorialJapanese Shinto gods Amida (dog-headed god on a multi-headed horse) and Xaca (old man seated on cushion). The names reference Amitabha and Shaka, Gautama Buddha, Buddhist deities. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrra...
Editorial'The Great Renunciation', painting on hemp cloth, Korean, Choson dynasty, early 18th century. Although Korea was a strict Confucian state during the Choson dynasty (1392-1910), by the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Buddhism became less oppressed a...