Buddhist and Hindu Iconography
May 2026
These objects are connected by their representation of sacred figures and deities from Buddhist and Hindu religious traditions across Asian cultures, including sculptures, paintings, and ritual objects depicting buddhas, bodhisattvas, and Hindu gods.
183 objects · 5 institutions
A Dakini
Cleveland Museum of Art
Achala, King of the Wrathful Ones
Cleveland Museum of Art
Altarpiece with Buddha Enthroned
Cleveland Museum of Art
Amida
Cleveland Museum of Art
Amida
Cleveland Museum of Art
Amitābha Triad
Cleveland Museum of Art
Amorous Couple (Mithuna) Seated in a Chair
Art Institute of Chicago
Anthropomorph
Cleveland Museum of Art
Arm of Buddha or Bodhisattva
Cleveland Museum of Art
Attendant Bearing a Fly Whisk (Chauri)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Batō (Horse-Headed) Kannon
Cleveland Museum of Art
Boar Incarnation of God Vishnu (Varaha) Lifting the Earth Goddess Bhudevi
Art Institute of Chicago
Bodhidharma on a Reed
Cleveland Museum of Art
Bodhisattva
Cleveland Museum of Art
Bodhisattva
Cleveland Museum of Art
Bodhisattva
Cleveland Museum of Art
Bodhisattva Guanyin of the South Sea
Cleveland Museum of Art
Bodhisattva of Compassion, Avalokiteshvara Padmapani
Cleveland Museum of Art
Bracket with Two Musicians
Cleveland Museum of Art
Buddha Amitayus Holding a Vase of Longevity (Kalasa)
Art Institute of Chicago
Buddha Head
Art Institute of Chicago
Buddha Head
Art Institute of Chicago
Buddha in the Preaching Attitude
Cleveland Museum of Art
Buddha of the Future (Miroku Bosatsu)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Buddha with Attendants on Mythical Animal
Art Institute of Chicago
Buddha with Left Hand in Gesture of Gift Giving (Varadamudra)
Art Institute of Chicago
Buddhist Temple, Kalani
Cleveland Museum of Art
Bust of Buddha
Art Institute of Chicago
Bust of Crowned and Adorned Buddha
Art Institute of Chicago
Conch Shell with a Figure of Hevajra
Cleveland Museum of Art
Corinthian Capital with Sun God Surya Riding a Chariot (Quadriga)
Art Institute of Chicago
Cover for a Box Decorated with Shiva, Vishnu, Krishna, and Ganesha
Cleveland Museum of Art
Crouching Dwarf Musician
Cleveland Museum of Art
Crowned Head
Art Institute of Chicago
Dancing God Shiva (Natesha)
Art Institute of Chicago
De bodhisattva Maitreya
Rijksmuseum
De boeddha Amida
Rijksmuseum
Devi Enshrined and Holding the Tongue of a Demon
Cleveland Museum of Art
Door Lintel (Pare)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Durga Destroying the Buffalo Demon
Cleveland Museum of Art
Durga as the Slayer of the Buffalo Demon
Cleveland Museum of Art
Eleven-Headed Guanyin
Cleveland Museum of Art
Emaciated Siddhartha
Art Institute of Chicago
Enlightened Protector Mahakala with Six Arms (Shadbhuja)
Art Institute of Chicago
Female Figure, Probably a Nature Divinity (Yakshi)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Female Head
Cleveland Museum of Art
Female nature spirit
Rijksmuseum
Five-pronged Vajra Pestle (Gokosho)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Four-Armed God Vishnu
Art Institute of Chicago
Gajalakshmi: Lakshmi with Elephants
Cleveland Museum of Art
Ganesh
Cleveland Museum of Art
Ganesha
Rijksmuseum
Ganesha
Cleveland Museum of Art
Ganesha-Janani (Mother of Ganesh)
Cleveland Museum of Art
God Shiva Seated in Loving Embrace with Goddess Uma on the Bull Nandi
Art Institute of Chicago
God Shiva as the Supreme Teacher (Dakshinamurti)
Art Institute of Chicago
God Vishnu
Art Institute of Chicago
God Vishnu Astride His Mount, Garuda
Art Institute of Chicago
Goddess Green Tara Standing with Hand in Gesture of Gift-Giving (varadamudra)
Art Institute of Chicago
Goddess Mangala, from a Devi Series
Cleveland Museum of Art
Goddess Shridevi, Consort of Vishnu
Art Institute of Chicago
Goddess Tara with Hand in Gesture of Reassurance (Abhayamudra)
Art Institute of Chicago
Goddess Uma
Cleveland Museum of Art
Goddess standing on a mountaintop
Cleveland Museum of Art
Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara) Standing before Flaming Aureole and Holding a Water Bottle
Art Institute of Chicago
Halo
Cleveland Museum of Art
Halo for Buddha of the Future (Miroku Bosatsu)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Head
Cleveland Museum of Art
Head from a Figurine of a Child
Art Institute of Chicago
Head of Bodhisattva
Cleveland Museum of Art
Head of Bodhisattva
Cleveland Museum of Art
Head of Buddha
Cleveland Museum of Art
Head of Buddha
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Head of Buddha
Cleveland Museum of Art
Head of Buddha or Bodhisattva
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Head of Emaciated Siddhartha
Art Institute of Chicago
Head of Ni-o with Open Mouth
Cleveland Museum of Art
Head of Shiva
Cleveland Museum of Art
Head of Vishnu
Cleveland Museum of Art
Head of a Deity or a Deified King
Cleveland Museum of Art
Head of a Male Deity (<em>Deva</em>)
Art Institute of Chicago
Head of a Yaksha
Cleveland Museum of Art
Heavenly beauty
Rijksmuseum
Jambhala, the God of Wealth, Seated on a Dragon
Art Institute of Chicago
Jvaradeva, God of Fever
Art Institute of Chicago
Kannon
Cleveland Museum of Art
Kannon (base)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Karttikeya, Commander of the Divine Army, Seated on a Peacock
Art Institute of Chicago
Kneeling Male Figure
Cleveland Museum of Art
Kubjika–Navatman
Cleveland Museum of Art
Lady Offering Food to a Monk, From a Set of Initiation Cards (Tsakali)
Art Institute of Chicago
Layman bearing offerings
Cleveland Museum of Art
Liggende stier
Rijksmuseum
Lintel with Garuda
Cleveland Museum of Art
Lovers (Mithuna)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Mahavairochana
Art Institute of Chicago
Maitreya
Cleveland Museum of Art
Male Bust with Rolling Curls
Art Institute of Chicago
Medicine Master Buddha and the Twelve Divine Generals
Cleveland Museum of Art
Miroku: Future Buddha
Cleveland Museum of Art
Monk
Art Institute of Chicago
Naga-enthroned Buddha
Cleveland Museum of Art
Nataraja, Shiva as the Lord of Dance
Cleveland Museum of Art
Noh Mask of Okina
Cleveland Museum of Art
Noh Mask: Waka-onna
Cleveland Museum of Art
Offerings of Food, from a Set of Initiation Cards (Tsakali)
Art Institute of Chicago
One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Glorification of the Great Goddess (Devimahatmya)
Art Institute of Chicago
Painted Banner (Thangka) from a Set of Seven Portraying the Sixteen Arhats (Elders), Early Disciples of the Historical Buddha Shakyamuni
Art Institute of Chicago
Painted Banner (Thangka) of Bodhisattva Manjushri with Vajrapani (right) and Padmapani (left)
Art Institute of Chicago
Painted Banner (Thangka) of Dharmatala from a Set of Seven Portraying the Sixteen Arhats (Elders), Early Disciples of the Historical Buddha Shakyamuni
Art Institute of Chicago
Painted Banner (Thangka) of Green Tara Surrounded by Twenty Manifestations
Art Institute of Chicago
Painted Banner (Thangka) of Sage Guru Padmasambhava Seated Holding a Thunderbolt (Vajra) and Skull Cup (Kapala)
Art Institute of Chicago
Painted Banner (Thangka) with Guru Dragpur, a Wrathful Form of Padmasambhava
Art Institute of Chicago
Pair of Deity Earrings with Vishnu on Garuda (front) and chepu (monster mask) (back)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Pair of Guardian Kings (Niō)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Pedestal
Cleveland Museum of Art
Pendant with Four-armed Green Vishnu on a lotus with Nagas
Cleveland Museum of Art
Pillar Fragment with Gods Shiva and Ganesha and Goddesses Parvati and Durga
Art Institute of Chicago
Portrait of Dharmakirti
Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of Hottō Enmyō Kokushi
Cleveland Museum of Art
Prajnaparamita, Goddess of Wisdom
Art Institute of Chicago
Presentation of Offerings, from a Set of Initiation Cards (Tsakali)
Art Institute of Chicago
Presentation of Offerings, from a Set of Initiation Cards (Tsakali)
Art Institute of Chicago
Prince Shōtoku at Age Two (Shōtoku Taishi)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Ritual Drum (damaru)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Ritual conch shell
Cleveland Museum of Art
River Goddess Ganga with Attendants
Art Institute of Chicago
Scenes from the Life of Buddha
Cleveland Museum of Art
Seated Bodhisattva
Art Institute of Chicago
Seated Buddha
Cleveland Museum of Art
Seated Buddha
Cleveland Museum of Art
Seated Buddha
Cleveland Museum of Art
Seated Buddha
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Seated Buddha (lotus pedestal)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Seated Buddha (sculpture)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Seated Maitreya
Cleveland Museum of Art
Seated Mother Goddess
Art Institute of Chicago
Seated Shakyamuni Buddha
Cleveland Museum of Art
Seated Two-armed Ganesa
Cleveland Museum of Art
Section of a Pagoda-Shaped Stele
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Serpent King (Nagaraja) Emerging from a Lotus
Art Institute of Chicago
Shadakshari Mahavidya
Art Institute of Chicago
Shakyamuni Triad: Buddha Attended by Manjushri and Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva with Elephant)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Shamvara
Cleveland Museum of Art
Shiva
Cleveland Museum of Art
Shiva Embracing Parvati
Art Institute of Chicago
Shiva and Devi on Gajasura's hide
Cleveland Museum of Art
Shiva as Lord of Music
Cleveland Museum of Art
Shotoku Taishi
Rijksmuseum
Simian Mother and Child
Art Institute of Chicago
Standing Amitabha
Cleveland Museum of Art
Standing Bodhisattva
Harvard Art Museums
Standing Buddha
Art Institute of Chicago
Standing Buddha
Cleveland Museum of Art
Standing Buddha with Left Hand in Gift Giving Gesture (varadamudra)
Art Institute of Chicago
Standing Female Figure
Cleveland Museum of Art
Standing Male Figure
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Standing Tara
Cleveland Museum of Art
Stele with Maitreya and Attendants
Cleveland Museum of Art
Tantric Deities Hevajra and Nairatmya in Ritual Embrace (Yab-Yum)
Art Institute of Chicago
The Assembly of Tejaprabha Buddha
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Bodhisattvas of the Ten Stages in Attaining the Most Perfect Knowledge; The Eight Hosts of Deva, Naga, and Yakshi
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Parasol (chatra), from a Set of Initiation Cards (Tsakali)
Art Institute of Chicago
The Parinirvana of the Buddha
Cleveland Museum of Art
Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya and Vessel Overflowing with Foliage (Purnagata)
Art Institute of Chicago
Triad
Cleveland Museum of Art
Trident with Shiva as Half-Woman (Ardhanarishvara)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Two Beautiful Women (Surasundari) Dressing with an Attendant
Art Institute of Chicago
Vairochana Buddha Seated Giving the First Sermon (Dharmachakramudra)
Art Institute of Chicago
Vajrapani Embroidered Mount with Garuda
Cleveland Museum of Art
Vak, an Emanation of the Buddha Amitabha
Cleveland Museum of Art
Varaha, Boar Incarnation of Vishnu
Cleveland Museum of Art
Vishnu
Cleveland Museum of Art
Vishnu
Cleveland Museum of Art
Vishnu Riding on Garuda
Cleveland Museum of Art
Vishnu and Lakshmi
Cleveland Museum of Art
Vishnu with Shri and Bhu
Cleveland Museum of Art
Votive Plaque with God Vishnu
Art Institute of Chicago
Wave (ramma)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Welcoming Descent of Jizō
Cleveland Museum of Art
White-Robed Guanyin
Cleveland Museum of Art
White-Robed Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara) in "Thrice-Bent" Pose (Tribhanga), Holding a Vase with Nectar of Immortality (Amrta)
Art Institute of Chicago
Zaō Gongen
Cleveland Museum of Art