Art

Black-and-white image of bright white snow-covered mountain rising from valley between two darker peaks lightly covered with snow.
Kailash #75
Tibet, 2000
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
Wrathful Shrine Doors
Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, ca.19th century
Vajrapani
Tibet, 18th century
Vajravarahi
Tibet, 20th century
Vajrayogini
Tibet, 17th century
Vishnu
Nepal, 12th century
White Manjushri
Tibet, 19th century
Unidentified Lama (Teacher)
Tibet, 15th or 16th century
Upper Section of a Torana
Nepal, Dated by inscription 1810
Ushnisavijaya and Celebration of Old Age (Jyatha Janko)
Nepal, 19th century
Ushnishavijaya
Tibet, 15th or 16th century
Tara in Her Pure Realm, Khadiravana
Tibet, 19th century
Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Three Tantric Goddesses
Nepal, 18th century
Tibetan Shrine Cabinet (Chosham)
New York, New York, 2012-2013

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