A female figure stands at center, richly dressed, with flowing hair and the word “security” inscribed across their chest in English. Concentric blue and brown circles surround the figure’s head and body respectively, against a geometric patterned background. A row of "junk" food items appears at lower left. At lower right, a group of small fleshy figures surrounded by clouds struggle to keep up on a treadmill.
Dedicated to Women Migrants: Security II
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2023
Two richly dressed figures stand side-by-side, facing frontally, against a dark background. Smaller seated figures of monks in circular motifs appear at the upper and lower portions of the painting.
Bodhisattvas Samantabhadra and Vajrapani
Central Asia, 16th century
Two richly dressed, bearded figures in armor face each other, both surrounded by swirling cloud motifs, against a backdrop of green hills, trees, and a body of water. Two smaller figures of attendants are placed at lower left and right, and a dish piled high with offerings sits between the two central figures.
Vaishravana and Virupaksha, Guardian Kings of the Northern and Western Directions
Tibet, 19th century
A detailed painting showing multiple deities, with a central seated figure and consort above and a fierce multi-armed deity and consort dancing within a ring of flames below. Other smaller deities in various poses are arranged around the three largest deities.
Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Bardo
Central Tibet, 17th - 18th century
A detailed painting showing multiple deities, with a central seated figure and consort above and a fierce multi-armed deity and consort dancing within a ring of flames below. Other smaller deities in various poses are arranged around the three largest deities. A landscape with small human and nonhuman figures appears at the bottom.
Ratnasambhava, Ratna Heruka, and Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Bardo
Tibet, 18th century
Rectangular, aged painting showing a seated teacher in red and orange robes surrounded by smaller figures in similar robes, with a small deity above and a large blue panel at left.
Situ Panchen as Patron of the Avadana Set, After Situ’s Set of The Wish-granting Vine Series of One Hundred and Eight Morality Tales
Kham region, eastern Tibet, 19th century
Tsongkapa (1357-1419)
Tibet, 18th century
Atisha with Twenty-Eight Great Adepts
Tibet, 18th century
Kurukulla
Tibet, 19th century
Vajradhara with Twenty-Five Mahasiddhas
Tibet, 18th century
Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) and Scenes from His Life
Tibet, 18th century
Four-Armed Mahakala
Tibet, 18th century
Avalokiteshvara, according to the practice tradition of Emperor Songtsen Gampo (617-650)
Central Tibet, 13th century
The Red Yogini, Vajrayogini
Tibet, 19th century
Girl Herder
Lhasa, Tibet, 2006
Painting with large central figure seated on lotus blossom surrounded by temple above and people and elephants below.
Tonpa Shenrab with Episodes from His Life
Amdo Region, Eastern Tibet, 18th - 19th century

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