Art

Avalokiteshvara, according to the practice tradition of Emperor Songtsen Gampo (617-650)
Central Tibet, 13th century
Vajra Scepter
Tibet, 16th century
Vajra, Bell and Case
Bhutan, 20th century
Vajra
Tibet, 18th century
Untitled
2010
Temple Banner (Bilampau) Depicting Avalokiteshvara's Legends Described in the Newari Version of the Gunakarandavyuha Sutra
Nepal, 17th century
Shadakshari Lokeshvara
Western Tibet, 15th century
Six-armed Avalokiteshvara Triad
Kashmir, 11th century
Six-Syllable Avalokiteshvara
Ladakh, Northwestern India, 14th century
Six-syllable Avalokiteshvara rescuing from the Eight Fears
Western Tibet, late 15th century - early 16th century
Red Avalokiteshvara or Bunga Dya
Nepal, Dated by inscription, 1818
Red Avalokiteshvara, also known as Bunga Dya, and Macchendranath
Nepal, Dated by inscription 1842
Red Avalokiteshvara
Tibet, 19th century
Red Avalokiteshvara
Tibet or Nepal, 19th century
Red Avalokiteshvara
Nepal or Tibet, dated by inscription, 1871
Prayer Wheel
Tibet, 19th - 20th century
Phakpa Lokeshvara of Lhasa
Tibet or Nepal, Date uncertain
Maitreya (or Buddha Shakyamuni)
Tibet, 14th century
Lokeshvara
Nepal, 16th-17th century
Gyelse Tokme Zangpo (1295-1369) and scenes from his life
Tibet, 18th century
Four-armed Avalokiteshvara
Tibet, 16th century
Eleven-headed, Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara
Central Tibet, early 20th century (before 1935)
Eleven-Headed Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Eleven-Headed Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara
Tibet, 14th-15th century
Eleven-headed Avalokiteshvara
China, 18th century
Butter Lamp
Tibet, 18th century
Avalokiteshvara
Tibet, 13th century
Avalokiteshavara
Tibet, 15th century
Avalokiteshvara
Tibet, 12th century
Avalokiteshvara in his Potala Pure Land
Tibet, late 18th–early 19th century
Avalokiteshvara Jinasagara
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Avalokiteshvara Padmapani
Swat region (present day Pakistan), ca. 9th century
Bodhisattva
Tibet, 12th century
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
Nepal, 13th - 14th century
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (After Situ Panchen's (1700–1774) set of Eight Great Bodhisattvas)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Bodhisattva Kshitigarbha
Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Bodhisattva Kshitigarbha
Tibet, 17th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 14th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 15th century

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