General Information: In this piece titled Seated Buddha Vairocana, Vairocana is the celestial Buddha who lives at the center of the cosmos. This figure is known to this Buddha due to the position of his hands. Vairocana is thought to be the transcendent form of Buddha Shakyamuni, the difference being that Vairocana exists on another…

General Information: This piece titled Buddha, probably Amitabha, is thought to be a sculpture that represents Amitabha. Amitabha is known as a celestial Buddha who presides over his Western Paradise. Devotion to him became a major part of Chinese Buddhism starting in the 6th century. This statue was created using a dry-lacquering technique, meaning that…

General Information: In this piece titled Stele with the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin) and Mahasthamaprapta (Dashizi), there are five figures shown. On the front side has (from left to right) Mahasthamaprapta and Avalokiteshvara, who can be differentiated from the icon on their headdresses, a vase and a small Buddha, respectively. On the reverse are three Buddhas,…