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Buddha’s hand
China

Buddha’s hand
China
18th century

Standing Buddha Offering Protection
India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura)
late 5th century

Buddha Offering Protection
Sri Lanka, central plateau
10th century

Drum panel depicting a stupa with the Buddha’s descent from Trayastrimsa Heaven
India, Nagarjunakonda Stupa Site 6, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh
late 3rd century CE

Buddha’s Hand with Dragon
China
18th century

Seated Buddha
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
1st to mid-2nd century

Buddha, probably Amitabha
China
early 7th century

Container in the shape of a Buddha’s hand
China
18th century

Right hand of Buddha
China (Northern Xiangtangshan, North Cave)
ca. 550–560

Enthroned Buddha Attended by the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Vajrapani
Indonesia (Java)
second half of the 10th century

Buddha’s Hand Fruits with Peaches, Pomegranates, and Leaves of Fungus
China
18th century

Seated Buddha Vairocana
China
early 8th century

Box in the shape of a “Buddha’s hand” citron
China
19th century

Standing Bodisattva Maitreya (Buddha of the Future)
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
ca. 3rd century

Seated Transcendent Buddha Vairochana
Indonesia (Java)
ca. late 9th century

Buddha Shakyamuni or Akshobhya, the Buddha of the East
Tibet
11th–12th century

Crowned Buddha
India, Ancient kingdom of Kashmir
9th century

Buddha’s Hand Citron (Busshukan)
Katsushika Hokusai
mid-19th century

Standing Buddha
Thailand
7th–8th century

Standing Buddha
Thailand (Nakhon Pathom Province)
8th–9th century

Buddha Vairocana (Dari)
China
11th century

Seated Buddha Amitabha
Indonesia (Java)
ca. first half of the 9th century

Bodhisattva (Maitreya) with crossed ankles
China
ca. 480–90

Hand of a Buddha
Cambodia
17th century(?)

Scene from the Life of the Buddha
Japan
early 15th century

Buddha Offering Protection
India (probably Bihar)
late 6th–early 7th century

Buddha Seated in Meditation
Sri Lanka. western regions
16th century

Buddha Shakyamuni
Central Tibet
12th century

Right Hand of the Buddha
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
1st–2nd century

Hand of a Buddha
Japan

Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya (Buddha of the Future)
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
ca. 3rd century

Sealing Depicting the Buddha at the Mahabodhi Temple, Bodhgaya
India (Bihar)
9th century

The Bodhisattva Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future
Nepal
11th century

Buddha Preaching
Central or northeastern Thailand
8th–early 9th century

Bodhisattva Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future
India (Jammu and Kashmir) or Pakistan (Swat Valley)
7th century

Vairochana, the Supreme Transcendent Buddha
Nepal (Kathmandu Valley)
11th–12th century

Bodhisattva, probably Padmapani Lokeshvara
Nepal (Kathmandu Valley)
10th–11th century

Portrait of the Sinhalese King Sri Vikrama Raja Sinha (r. 1798–1815)
Sri Lanka, Kandy district
early 19th century

Avalokiteshvara Padmapani
Pakistan (Swat Valley)
7th century