EditorialSingapore: Bodhisattva (believed to depict Siddhartha Gautama before he relinquished his royal riches), Gandhara, 3rd / 4th century (material, schist), Asian Civilisations Museum, Empress Place Building
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...
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...
EditorialThe Attainment of Perfect Knowledge (Siddha) by Mahavira's Disciple Indrabhuti Gautama: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, India (Gujarat), 15th century, India (Gujarat), Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Overall: 4 3/8 x 10 5/8 in. (11.1 x 2...
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.
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...
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...
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...