Art

Woodblock Print of the Buddha with His Assembly
China, 18th - 19th century
Vajradhara with Eighty-Five Great Adepts (Mahasiddhas)
Western Tibet, 15th century
Vajradhara and the Great Adepts (Mahasiddhas)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, late 18th-early 19th century
Vajradhara
Tibet, 18th century
Vajradhara
Tibet, 16th century
Vajradhara
Tibet, 18th century
Vairochana, from a Set of Initiation Cards (Tsakali)
Tibet, ca. 14th century
The Twelve Deeds of the Buddha: Renunciation
Tibet, late 19th - early 20th century
Stories of the Noble Deeds (Avadana), After a Set Designed by Situ Panchen (1700–1774) Illustrating Kshemendra’s Avadanakalpanada
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Shakyamuni Buddha
Tibet, 19th century
Stories of Noble Deeds (Avadana)
Central Tibet, late 18th-19th century
Stories of Previous Lives of the Buddha (Jataka)
Tibet, 18th century
Stories of the Previous Lives of the Buddha (Jataka)
Eastern Tibet, Late 17th-18th century
Sarvavid Vairochana
China (or Eastern Tibet), ca. 19th century
Renunciation, from a set of the Twelve Deeds of the Buddha, After a woodblock carved in Derge, Kham region, eastern Tibet, composition attributed to Purbu Tsering of Chamdo (active ca. late 19th century)
Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, 20th century
Ratna Vajradhara
Tibet, 18th century
Ratnasambhava, from a Set of Initiation Cards (Tsakali)
Tibet, ca. 14th century
Previous Lives of the Buddha
Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Past Lives of Shakyamuni BuddhaAfter Situ’s set of the Past Lives of Shakyamuni Buddha
Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Palace of the Buddha, Bhaisajyaguru, Master of Remedies (chapter 1)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Mold for Clay Image (tsatsa) of Buddha Amitayus
Himalayan Region, ca. 19th century
Medicine Buddha Palace (Copy of first painting from the set of the Tibetan Medical Paintings from Mentsikhang Lhasa)
Rebgong county, Qinghai Province, China, 2012-2013
Medicine Buddha (Bhaishajyia guru, Menla)
Mongolia, 18th century
Medicine Buddha, Bhaisajyaguru
Tibet, 18th - 19th century
Medicine Buddha Abhijnaraja
Ladakh, 14th century
Manuscript Folio with Buddha Ratnasambhava
Nepal, ca. 1200
Maitreya (or Buddha Shakyamuni)
Tibet, 14th century
Life Story of Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 19th century
Maitreya, Buddha of the Future
Mongolia, 19th century
Maitreya, Buddha of the Future, (After models designed by Zanabazar (1635–1723))
Mongolia, late 18th - early 19th century
Maitreya, the Future Buddha
Tibet, ca. second quarter of 15th century
Major Events of the Buddha's Life
Northeastern India, 12th century
Gandharan-Style Buddha
Afghanistan, 6th-7th century
Five Female Buddhas; Text and Illuminations of the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Intermediate State (Bardo)
Tibet, ca. 15th century
Crowned Buddha
Northeastern India, 10th century
Dipamkara Buddha
Nepal, Dated by inscription 1853
Crowned Teaching Buddha
Gilgit or Kashmir, 8th century
Crowned Buddha Shakyamuni
Northeastern India, 11th century
Copy of the Sandalwood Buddha (rgya nag gi tsandan jo bo)
Tibet, 18th century
Buddha Vajradhara with the Great Tantric Masters (Mahasiddhas)
Central Tibet, 15th century
Buddha Vajradhara
Nepal, 14th century
Buddha Shakymuni and scenes from his life
Tsang Province, Central Tibet, second half of the 14th century
Buddha Shakyamuni with Maitreya and Avalokiteshvara
Swat, 8th century
Buddha Shakyamuni and the Sixteen Arhats
Tibet, 15th century
Buddha Shakyamuni and Stories of his Previous Lives
Tibet, mid-late 14th century
Buddha Ratnasambhava
Central Tibet, 13th century
Birth of the Buddha, from a set of the Twelve Deeds of the Buddha, after a carved woodblock composition attributed to Purbu Tsering of Chamdo (active ca. late 19th century)
Tibet, 20th century
Buddha Amitayus
Eastern Tibet, 18th century
Buddha Amitayus in His Pure Realm
Inner Mongolia, 19th century
Buddha Amitayus
Bhutan, late 19th or early 20th century
Buddha Amitayus
Himalayan, 17th century
Buddha Amitayus
Tibet, 17th century
Buddha Amitayus
Tibet, 17th century
Buddha Amitayus
Tibet, 17th century
Buddha Amitayus
Tibet, 19th century
Buddha Amitabha in the Pure Realm of Sukhavati
Central Tibet, 19th century
Buddha Amitabha in His Pure Realm
Central Tibet, late 18th century
Buddha Akshobhya and the Eastern Assembly of the Sarvadurgatiparishodhana Mandala
Tibet, 14th century
Buddha Akshobhya
Tibet, 16th century
Birth of Buddha
Tibet, 19th century
Buddha Ratnasambhava and Goddess in a Lotus Petal
Northeastern India, 11th–12th century
Buddha Ratnasambhava with Wealth Deities
Tibet, early to mid-14th century
Buddha's Birth, from a set of the Twelve Deeds of the Buddha
Eastern Tibet, Kham Province, Derge Printing House, after 1960
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 14th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 15th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet or Bhutan, late 17th-18th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Eastern Tibet or Mongolia, 19th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 18th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Bhutan, 19th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 15th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tsang Province, Central Tibet, 18th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 13th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Amdo Province, Eastern Tibet, 16th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Sculpture: China; Throne: Central Tibet, Sculpture: 1403-1424; Throne: ca. 13th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Karnali Basin, Khasa Malla Kingdom, Northwestern Nepal, 13th-14th century

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