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Tantra 48: minimalist abstract spiritual mandala sculpture painting, red circles
Tantra 48: minimalist abstract spiritual mandala sculpture painting, red circles

Tantra 48: minimalist abstract spiritual mandala sculpture painting, red circles

By Antonio Puri

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

They are from the "Tantra" series, a meditative, spiritual group of works that draw on the artist's Buddhist practices he learned as a child growing up near Buddhist monks in India.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Tantra 67: minimalist abstract spiritual mandala sculpture painting, red circles
Tantra 67: minimalist abstract spiritual mandala sculpture painting, red circles

Tantra 67: minimalist abstract spiritual mandala sculpture painting, red circles

By Antonio Puri

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

They are from the "Tantra" series, a meditative, spiritual group of works that draw on the artist's Buddhist practices he learned as a child growing up near Buddhist monks in India.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Tantric View: spiritual minimalist abstract sculpture painting w/ tiny red beads
Tantric View: spiritual minimalist abstract sculpture painting w/ tiny red beads

Tantric View: spiritual minimalist abstract sculpture painting w/ tiny red beads

By Antonio Puri

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

This piece is from the "Tantra" series, a meditative, spiritual group of works that draw on the artist's Buddhist practices he learned as a child growing up near Buddhist monks in In...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas

Iwao Akiyama Signed Limited Ed. Japanese Woodblock Print of Nude Female Goddess
Iwao Akiyama Signed Limited Ed. Japanese Woodblock Print of Nude Female Goddess

Iwao Akiyama Signed Limited Ed. Japanese Woodblock Print of Nude Female Goddess

Located in Studio City, CA

As a child, Akiyama studied drawing under the direction of local Buddhist monks. Later he studied with famed Japanese artist Shiko Munakata from 1959-1965 before venturing off to sta...

Category

Vintage 1970s Japanese Showa Prints

Materials

Wood, Paper

Jimmy Nelson - XIX 330 // XIX Tibet, Photography 2011, Printed After

Jimmy Nelson - XIX 330 // XIX Tibet, Photography 2011, Printed After

By Jimmy Nelson

Located in Stamford, CT

"XIX 330 v- Buddhist Monks - Ganden Monastery - Tibet, 2011 The approximate 5.5 million Tibetans are an ethnic group with specific traditions.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Antique Brocade Kesa Monk's Patched Robe Edo Period
Antique Brocade Kesa Monk's Patched Robe Edo Period

Antique Brocade Kesa Monk's Patched Robe Edo Period

Located in Atlanta, GA

Kesa, known as "Jiasha" in Chinese and "Kasaya" in Sanskrit, is an out layer garment worn by the ordained Buddhist monks. Bearing a basic rectangular form, it developed originally in...

Category

Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Textiles

Materials

Textile, Brocade

Magnificent Antique Japanese Woven Brocade Kesa Monk's Robe Meiji Period
Magnificent Antique Japanese Woven Brocade Kesa Monk's Robe Meiji Period

Magnificent Antique Japanese Woven Brocade Kesa Monk's Robe Meiji Period

Located in Atlanta, GA

Kesa is derived from the Sanskrit word kasaya, meaning “dark colored,” a reference to the saffron colored robes worn by early Indian Buddhist monks. It is essentially a rectangular c...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Textiles

Materials

Brocade, Silk

Korean Ceramic Celadon Deep Bowl Goryeo Dynasty
Korean Ceramic Celadon Deep Bowl Goryeo Dynasty

Korean Ceramic Celadon Deep Bowl Goryeo Dynasty

Located in Atlanta, GA

The container was used traditionally by Buddhist monks to ask for alms (donated foods by laymen).

Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Korean Archaistic Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Tantra series: suite of 4 red minimalist mandala wall sculptures / paintings
Tantra series: suite of 4 red minimalist mandala wall sculptures / paintings

Tantra series: suite of 4 red minimalist mandala wall sculptures / paintings

By Antonio Puri

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

This series is comprised of 100 total works is a meditative, spiritual group of works that draw on the artist's Buddhist practices he learned as a child growing up near Buddhist monk...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

NAMI_A01-A02
NAMI_A01-A02

NAMI_A01-A02

Located in Zurich, CH

About Syoin Kajii: Born in Niigata, Japan, Kajii currently lives and works as a artist and Buddhist monk on Sado Island. Syion Kajii, graduated from Koyasan University in Mikkyo, in...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Lambda

NAMI_ZAA-ZBB
NAMI_ZAA-ZBB

NAMI_ZAA-ZBB

Located in Zurich, CH

About Syoin Kajii: Born in Niigata, Japan, Kajii currently lives and works as a artist and Buddhist monk on Sado Island. Syion Kajii, graduated from Koyasan University in Mikkyo, in...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Lambda

NAMI_V01-V02
NAMI_V01-V02

NAMI_V01-V02

Located in Zurich, CH

About Syoin Kajii: Born in Niigata, Japan, Kajii currently lives and works as a artist and Buddhist monk on Sado Island. Syion Kajii, graduated from Koyasan University in Mikkyo, in...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Lambda

NAMI_Z07-Z08
NAMI_Z07-Z08

NAMI_Z07-Z08

Located in Zurich, CH

About Syoin Kajii: Born in Niigata, Japan, Kajii currently lives and works as a artist and Buddhist monk on Sado Island. Syion Kajii, graduated from Koyasan University in Mikkyo, in...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Lambda

NAMI_G01-G02
NAMI_G01-G02

NAMI_G01-G02

Located in Zurich, CH

About Syoin Kajii: Born in Niigata, Japan, Kajii currently lives and works as a artist and Buddhist monk on Sado Island. Syion Kajii, graduated from Koyasan University in Mikkyo, in...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Lambda

NAMI_Z13-Z14
NAMI_Z13-Z14

NAMI_Z13-Z14

Located in Zurich, CH

About Syoin Kajii: Born in Niigata, Japan, Kajii currently lives and works as a artist and Buddhist monk on Sado Island. Syion Kajii, graduated from Koyasan University in Mikkyo, in...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Lambda

NAMI_Q01-Q02
NAMI_Q01-Q02

NAMI_Q01-Q02

Located in Zurich, CH

About Syoin Kajii: Born in Niigata, Japan, Kajii currently lives and works as a artist and Buddhist monk on Sado Island. Syion Kajii, graduated from Koyasan University in Mikkyo, in...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Lambda

NAMI_M01-M02
NAMI_M01-M02

NAMI_M01-M02

Located in Zurich, CH

About Syoin Kajii: Born in Niigata, Japan, Kajii currently lives and works as a artist and Buddhist monk on Sado Island. Syion Kajii, graduated from Koyasan University in Mikkyo, in...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Lambda

NAMI_N01-N02
NAMI_N01-N02

NAMI_N01-N02

Located in Zurich, CH

About Syoin Kajii: Born in Niigata, Japan, Kajii currently lives and works as a artist and Buddhist monk on Sado Island. Syion Kajii, graduated from Koyasan University in Mikkyo, in...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Lambda

Chinese Chicken Blood Stone Carving of Bodhidharma on Wood Stand
Chinese Chicken Blood Stone Carving of Bodhidharma on Wood Stand

Chinese Chicken Blood Stone Carving of Bodhidharma on Wood Stand

Located in Atlanta, GA

Bodhidharma, a legendary Buddhist monk from Central Asian or India who was credited for bringing Chan school of Buddhism (also known in Japan as Zen) to China around 5-6th century.

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Stone

NAMI_Z01-Z02
NAMI_Z01-Z02

NAMI_Z01-Z02

Located in Zurich, CH

Created along the coast of Sado Island, the photographs depict waves as fleeting, almost sculptural forms of light and movement. As both Buddhist monk and photographer, Kajii approac...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Lambda

Foo Dog Carrying Decorative Vessel
Foo Dog Carrying Decorative Vessel

Foo Dog Carrying Decorative Vessel

Located in New Orleans, LA

This remarkable foo dog carrying a decorative vessel embodies both artistry and symbolism, featuring a vase adorned with images of Buddhist monks adorned with gilded halos. The foo d...

Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Vases

Materials

Earthenware

Katabori netsuke in boxwood depicting a skeleton leaning on a drum
Katabori netsuke in boxwood depicting a skeleton leaning on a drum

Katabori netsuke in boxwood depicting a skeleton leaning on a drum

Located in PARIS, FR

The mokugyō, or “wooden fish,” is a percussion instrument used by Buddhist monks of various traditions during the recitation of sutras as well as the nembutsu, intended to invoke the...

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Boxwood

Chopin Etudes VI

Chopin Etudes VI

By Carmelo Blandino

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“My work is a continuance of the practice of the Buddhist monks who would bring a single flower to their meditation session.

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Chopin Etudes VII

Chopin Etudes VII

By Carmelo Blandino

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“My work is a continuance of the practice of the Buddhist monks who would bring a single flower to their meditation session.

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Chopin Etudes VIII

Chopin Etudes VIII

By Carmelo Blandino

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“My work is a continuance of the practice of the Buddhist monks who would bring a single flower to their meditation session.

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Chopin Etudes XI

Chopin Etudes XI

By Carmelo Blandino

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“My work is a continuance of the practice of the Buddhist monks who would bring a single flower to their meditation session.

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Chopin Etudes XIIII

Chopin Etudes XIIII

By Carmelo Blandino

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“My work is a continuance of the practice of the Buddhist monks who would bring a single flower to their meditation session.

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Chopin Etudes XX

Chopin Etudes XX

By Carmelo Blandino

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“My work is a continuance of the practice of the Buddhist monks who would bring a single flower to their meditation session.

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Chopin Etudes XIV

Chopin Etudes XIV

By Carmelo Blandino

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“My work is a continuance of the practice of the Buddhist monks who would bring a single flower to their meditation session.

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Two Miniatures and text from the "Legend of Phra Malai"
Two Miniatures and text from the "Legend of Phra Malai"

Two Miniatures and text from the "Legend of Phra Malai"

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Condition: Good, with minor staining to text Sight (window) size: 11-1/8 x 27 inches Frame size: 19-3/4 x 35 x 3/4 inches Framed in solid cherry wood with archival, acid free materia...

Category

19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pigment

Antique Japanese Mixed Metals Copper & Silver Usubata Ikebana Flower Vase
Antique Japanese Mixed Metals Copper & Silver Usubata Ikebana Flower Vase

Antique Japanese Mixed Metals Copper & Silver Usubata Ikebana Flower Vase

Located in Philadelphia, PA

The 'usubata' vase is a form favored for large scale floral arrangements by the Ikenobo school, the oldest and largest school of Japanese ikebana founded in the 15th century by Buddh...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Vases

Materials

Silver, Copper

Nocturnes No. 4

Nocturnes No. 4

By Carmelo Blandino

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“My work is a continuance of the practice of the Buddhist monks who would bring a single flower to their meditation session.

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Cycles and Seasons

Cycles and Seasons

By Carmelo Blandino

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“My work is a continuance of the practice of the Buddhist monks who would bring a single flower to their meditation session.

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Movimento in D

Movimento in D

By Carmelo Blandino

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“My work is a continuance of the practice of the Buddhist monks who would bring a single flower to their meditation session.

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Large Antique Zen Japanese Ink Scroll After Sesson Shukei
Large Antique Zen Japanese Ink Scroll After Sesson Shukei

Large Antique Zen Japanese Ink Scroll After Sesson Shukei

Located in Atlanta, GA

The painting depicts the famously eccentric Buddhist monks Hanshan and Shide (known in Japan as Kanzan and Jittoku).

Category

Antique 18th Century Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Paper

19th century color woodcut Japanese ukiyo-e print samurai figure
19th century color woodcut Japanese ukiyo-e print samurai figure

19th century color woodcut Japanese ukiyo-e print samurai figure

By Toyoharu Kunichika

Located in Milwaukee, WI

Kikugoro V was one of the two actors in the earliest known Japanese film Momijigari, portraying the Demon Princess who terrorizes a Buddhist monk before being disposed of by the trav...

Category

1860s Edo Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Japanese Bamboo Basket Ikebana by Hayakawa Shokosai IV
Japanese Bamboo Basket Ikebana by Hayakawa Shokosai IV

Japanese Bamboo Basket Ikebana by Hayakawa Shokosai IV

By Hayakawa Shokosai IV

Located in Atlanta, GA

He is known for associating his work with the art of scholars, Buddhist monks, politicians, artisans and remained close to Sencha tea schools.

Category

Vintage 1920s Japanese Japonisme Decorative Baskets

Materials

Bamboo

Miniatures with Text from the "Legend of Phra Malai"
Miniatures with Text from the "Legend of Phra Malai"

Miniatures with Text from the "Legend of Phra Malai"

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Paired devas (lesser gods) on throne-like plinths addorse Khmer (Cambodian) script containing tales of Phra Malai, a Sri Lankan arhat or Buddhist saint known for his travels to hell....

Category

Late 19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pigment

Japanese Lacquer Maki-E Tiered Suzuribako and Ryoshibako
Japanese Lacquer Maki-E Tiered Suzuribako and Ryoshibako

Japanese Lacquer Maki-E Tiered Suzuribako and Ryoshibako

Located in Atlanta, GA

The high glossy box was beautifully decorated with an image of the famously eccentric Buddhist monks Hanshan and Shide (known in Japan as Kanzan and Jittoku).

Category

Vintage 1920s Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Stone, Metal

Gov's Island Ferry Terminal by Ann Solomon
Gov's Island Ferry Terminal by Ann Solomon

Gov's Island Ferry Terminal by Ann Solomon

Located in New York, NY

Her recent focus has been a series of Buddhist monks. A recent trip to Asia has clearly influenced her recent work in monotype as well.

Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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