Art

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
Painting of large seated robed figure surrounded by smaller figures, some seated and some standing.
Physician Yutok Yonten Gonpo (1126-1202)
Central Tibet, late 17th century
Painting of seated figure with red and saffrom robes surrounded nby smaller figures and buildings mounted on vertical strip of patterned blue fabric.
Fifth Dalai Lama (1617–1682) with Episodes from His Life
U Region, Central Tibet, 18th century
Painting of large seated figure with colorful robes surrounded by smaller figures above and below mounted on vertical strip of golden patterned fabric.
Treasure Revealer Terdak Lingpa (1646–1714)
Mindroling monastery, Tsang Province, Central Tibet, early 18th century
Yungton Dorje Pel (1284 1365) (After Choying Gyatso’s (active ca.1640s-1660s) set of previous incarnations of the Panchen Lamas)
Central Tibet, 19th century
Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal (1594–1651) with a Brief Lineage
Bhutan, 19th century
Virupaksha, Guardian King of the West
China, 17th - 18th century
Tsangnyon Heruka (1452-1507)
Tsang or Ngari Province, Tibet, 16th-17th century
Tsongkhapa (1357-1419)
Tibet, 16th century
Tsongkhapa (1357-1419)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Tsongkhapa (1357-1419)
U Province, Central Tibet, 19th century
Tsongkhapa (1357-1419)
Nepal or India, 20th century
Two Arhats, Pantaka and Gopaka
Tibet, 17th century
Two Indian and Four Tibetan Masters
Tibet, early 13th century
Unidentified Arhat
China, 17th century
Unidentified Lama (Teacher)
Tibet, 18th century
Unidentified Lama (Teacher)
Tibet, 15th or 16th century
Unidentified Lama (Teacher), possibly Second Dalai Lama, Gedun Gyatso (1476–1542)
Tibet, 18th century
Unidentified Religious Master
Tibet, 16th century-17th century
Unidentified Teacher of the Bon Tradition
Tibet, 14th century
Vaishravana, Guardian King of the North
China, 16th century
Tangtong Gyelpo (1361-1485 or 1385-1446/58)
Tibet, 19th century
Tenth Zhamar, Mipam Chodrup Gyatso (1742-1792)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, late 18th - 19th century
Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339) and Other Luminaries of the Rime "Non-Sectarian" Movement
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Third Pawo Rinpoche, Tsuklak Gyatso (1568-1630) with his Handprints and Footprints
Tibet, early to mid-17th century
Thirteenth Karmapa, Dudul Dorje (1733-1797)
Pelpung Monastery, Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 18th century, ca. 1760s
Thirteenth Karmapa, Dudul Dorje (1733-1797)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Three Mahasiddhas, Kamala, Suvarnadvipa, Viraya
Tibet, ca. 17th century
Seventh Dalai Lama (1708–1757) and His Preincarnations
Tibet, 18th century
Situ Panchen (1700-1774); From a Palpung set of Masters of the Combined Kagyu Lineages
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, late 18th century, ca. 1760s
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 Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Sixth Zhamar, Garwang Chokyi Wangchuk (1584-1630); From a Pelpung set of Masters of the Combined Kagyu Lineages
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, late 18th century
Songtsen Gampo (ruled 617-650) (From a set of the previous lives of the Dalai Lamas)
Tibet, 19th century
Standing Arhat
China, Dated 1439
Refuge Field with Machik Labdron (1055-1153)
Tibet, early 20th century
Rongzom Chokyi Zangpo (1012-1088)
Eastern Tibet, 18th century
Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (1092-1158) with His Two Sons, Sonam Tsemo (1142-1182) and Drakpa Gyaltsen (1147-1216)
Ngari Province, Western Tibet, ca. 1500
Sakya Pandita (1182-1251) and Chogyel Phakpa (1235-1280) with Mahakala Lineage Masters
Central Tibet, 17th - 18th century
Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyelsten (1182-1251) (After Choying Gyatso’s (active ca.1640s-1660s) set of previous incarnations of the Panchen Lamas)
Tsang Province, Central Tibet, 18th century
Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyeltsen (1182-1251)
Tibet, 16th century
Sanggye Sengge (1504-1569)
Ngor Ewam Choden Monastery, Tsang Province, Central Tibet, 1580s-1590s
Scenes from the Life of Jamyang Tutob Wangchuk (1588-1637)
Tibet, 17th century
Scenes from the Life of Jamyang Tutob Wangchuk (1588-1637)
Tibet, 17th century
Scenes from the Life of Jamyang Tutob Wangchuk (1588-1637)
Tibet, 17th century
Scenes from the Life of Jamyang Tutob Wangchuk (1588-1637)
Tibet, 17th century
Scenes from the Life of Jamyang Tutob Wangchuk (1588-1637)
Tibet, 17th century
Scenes from the Life of Jamyang Tutob Wangchuk (1588-1637)
Tibet, 17th century
Scenes from the Life of Jamyang Tutob Wangchuk (1588-1637)
Tibet, 17th or 18th century
Scenes from the life of Padmasambhava
Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Scenes from the life of Padmasambhava
Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Phakmodrupa (1110–1170) with His Previous Incarnations and Episodes from His Life
Central Tibet, ca. 1272
Phakmo Drupa Dorje Gyelpo (1110-1170) with His Previous Incarnations and Episodes from His Life
Central Tibet, ca. 1270
Portrait of a Sakya Lama
Tibet, 18th century
Portrait of Tibetan Medical Master Yutok Yonten Gonpo (1126–1202)
Tibet, 19th century
Nagarjuna and Aryadeva (After Situ Panchen’s (1700-1774) set of the Six Ornaments and Two Excellent Ones)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Namkhai Nyingpo (8th-9th century) Performing a Long-Life Ritual
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Namkha Pelzang (1398–1425)
Lhathok, Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 18th - 19th century
Ninth Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje (1555–1603)
Central Tibet, ca. 1590
Ninth Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje (1555-1603)
Tibet, 17th century
Nyima Oser, One of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava
Tibet, 18th century
Padma Karpo (1527-1592) and Scenes from His Life
Bhutan, 18th century
Padmasambhava
Tibet, 18th century
Padmasambhava
Tibet, 15th century
Padmasambhava
Tibet, 18th century
Padmasambhava
Bhutan, 19th century
Padmasambhava
Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Padmasambhava
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Padmasambhava
Tibet or Bhutan, 18th or 19th century
Padmasambhava
Tibet, 19th century
Padmasambhava
Tibet, late 19th century
Padmasambhava and His Eight Manifestations
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Padmasambhava and scenes from his life story
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 18th - 19th century
Padmasambhava and the Eight Great Mahasiddhas
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Padmasambhava (Following a set of the Great Adepts designed by Situ Panchen)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Padmasambhava, his eight manifestations, and scenes from his life
Gangteng Monastery, Bhutan, 19th century
Padmasambhava in His Pure Realm, the Copper-Colored Mountain
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Padmasambhava, Pema Jungne
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, late 18th-19th century
Padmasambhava with Consorts
Nepal, 15th - 16th century
Padmasambhava with deities of the Yang Ter tradition
Tibet, 18th century
Padmasambhava with his Eight Manifestations, Hayagriva, flanked by Yeshe Tsogyel, and Shantarakshita
Tibet, ca. 16th century
Padmasambhava with Lineage Teachers
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Pema Gyelpo, One of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava
Eastern Tibet, early 20th century
Manjushrikirti, King of Shambhala, From a set of previous incarnations of the Panchen Lamas
Du Jinsheng Silk Factory, Maojiabu, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, ca. 1922-1937
Milarepa (1052-1135) and Scenes from His Life
Tibet, 18th century
Mold for an Image of Tsongkhapa (1357–1419)
Mongolia, 19th century
Khedrup Lodoe Sengey
Tibet, 17th century
King of Shambhala, (From a Pelpung set of The Kalkin Kings of Shambhala)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 18th century
Lama Chogyur Lingpa (1829-1870)
Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Lama Dampa Sonam Gyeltsen (1312-1375)
Tibet, 16th-17th centuries
Lama Performing a Long-Life Ritual
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Lama (Teacher)
Tibet, 17th - 18th century
Lama (Teacher) as a Mahasiddha
Tibet, 18th century
Lama (Teacher), Milarepa
Tibet, 18th century
Life Story of Nangsa Wobum
New York City, 2020
Life Story of Tsongkapa (1357-1419)
Tibet, 18th century
Loden Chokse, One of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Loden Chokse, One of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava
Tibet or Bhutan, 19th century
Longchenpa Drime Ozer (1308-1363)
Tibet, 19th century
Lowo Khenchen Sonam Lhundrup (1456-1532)
Mustang, Northwestern Nepal, ca. 1490-1540
Machik Labdron (1055–1153)
Tibet, ca. 16th - 17th century
Machik Labdron (1055-1153)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Machik Labdron (1055-1153)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Machik Labdron (1055-1153)
Western Tibet or Western Himalayas, ca. 16th century
Mahasiddha Avadhutipa
Tibet, 17th - 18th century
Mahasiddha Jalandhara
Tibet, ca. 16th century
Mahasiddha Naropa
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Mahasiddha Virupa
Gongkar Chode Monastery, U Province, Central Tibet, ca. 1659-1671
Indian Master Shantarakshita (active 8th century) and Scenes from his Life
Tibet, 19th century
Indian Teacher Bhavaviveka, (from a set of previous incarnations of the Panchen Lamas)
Tibet, 18th century
Indrabhuti, from a set of the Eight Great Adepts (Mahasiddhas)
Eastern Tibet, Kham Province, 19th century
Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye (1813-1899)
Eastern Tibet, early 20th century
Jatson Nyingpo (1585-1656)
Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Jikme Lingpa (1729-1798)
Tibet, 18th - 19th century
Kanha
Central Tibet, 16th century
Four Arhats
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Fourth Demo Rinpoche, Lhawang Gyeltsen (1631–1668)
Tibet or China, Dated by inscription, 1667
Fourth Zhamar, Chodrak Yeshe Pelzang (1453 1524), and Scenes from His Life
Central Tibet, 16th century
Geluk Teacher Champa Tashi
Central Tibet, 16th century
Guan Yu, God of War
Inner Mongolia, late 18th - 19th century
Gyelse Tokme Zangpo (1295-1369) and scenes from his life
Tibet, 18th century
Fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso (1617 1682)
Tibet, 17th century
The Fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobzang Gyatso (1617-1682) with Previous Incarnations
Central Tibet, 18th century
The Fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lopsang Gyatso (1617-1682)
Tibet, 17th century
Fifth Shamar, Konchok Yanglak (1526–1583)
Tibet, 16th century
First Jebdzundamba, Zanabazar (1635 1723)
Mongolia, 19th century
First Panchen Lama, Lobzang Chokyi Gyaltsen (1570-1662)(After Choying Gyatso’s (active ca.1640s-1660s) set of previous incarnations of the Panchen Lamas)
Tsang Province, Central Tibet, 18th century
Five Arhats: Ajita, Kalika, Vanavasin, Vajriputra, Bhadra
Tibet, 18th century
Buddhashri Sanggye Pel (1339–1419) Surrounded by the Yogachara lineage Masters of the bodhisattva vow
Ngor Ewam Choden Monastery, Tsang Province, Central Tibet, ca. 1515-1535
Chogyel Phakpa (1235–1280) initiating Qubilai Khan (1215–1294)
Tibet, ca. 16th-17th century
The Collected Works of Lochen Gyurme Dechen (1540-1615), Volume 2
Tibet, dated no later than 1635
Dhartarastra, Guardian King of the East
China, 18th century
Drakpa Gyeltsen (1147-1216) and Sakya Pandita (1182-1251)
Central Tibet, ca. 15th century
Drenpa Namka
Tibet, 15th century
Drenpa Namkha (ca. 8th century)
Amdo Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Drigungpa Jikten Sumgon
Tibet, 13th - 14th century
Drokmi Lotsawa Shakya Yeshe (992/3 - 1043/1072)
Tibet, 17th century
Dromton (1004/05-1064)
Tibet, ca. 18th-19th century
Eight Great Tantric Adepts (From a Pelpung Monastery eleven-painting set of The Eighty-four Great Tantric Adepts)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Eighth Karmapa, Mikyo Dorje (1507-1554)
Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, 18th century
Eighth Karmapa, Mikyo Dorje (1507-1554)
Tibet, ca. 16th century
Field of Accumulation of Merit (Tsokshin) of the Geluk Tradition with Tsongkhapa
Central Tibet, ca. late 18th - early 19th century
Arhat Gopaka
Tibet, 18th century
Arhat Nagasena
Tibet, 18th century
Arhat Pantaka
China or Tibet, 17th - 18th century
Arhat Rahula
China, 1736–1795
Arhat Rahula
Tibet, 18th century
Arhat Subhuti (After Choying Gyatso’s (active ca.1640s-1660s) Set of Previous Incarnations of the Panchen Lamas)
Central Tibet, 19th century
Atisha (982-1054)
Tibet, ca. 18th-19th century
Bon Lama, Rinchen Gyeltsen (1415-1446)
Central Tibet, 18th century
Bon Lama Sanggye Lingpa (1705-1735)
Gyelrong, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Abbot Lhachok Sengge (1468-1535)
Ngor Ewam Choden Monastery, Tsang Province, Central Tibet, ca. 16th century
Arhat Abheda
Tibet, 16th century
Arhat Ajita
Tibet or China, 17th century
Arhat BakulaArhat Bakula
Tibet, late 19th or 20th century
Arhat Chudapantaka
Tibet, late 15th century

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