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Yaksha General Anila
China, First half of the 15th century
Wrathful Activity, Fierce Energy
2018
Vajrayogini
Tibet, 18th century
Vajrabhairava
Inner Mongolia, 19th century
Vajrabhairava with Consort Vajravetali
Mongolia, 18th - 19th century
Vajradhara
Tibet, 18th century
Vajradhara with consort
Tibet, 14th century
Virupaksha, Guardian King of the West
China, 17th - 18th century
White Manjushri
Tibet, 19th century
White Tara
Tibet, 18th century
White Tara
Tibet, 15th century
Woodblock Print of the Buddha with His Assembly
China, 18th - 19th century
Vaishravana, King of the Northern Direction
Tibet, 15th century
Vairochana, from a Set of Initiation Cards (Tsakali)
Tibet, ca. 14th century
Tara in Her Pure Realm, Khadiravana
Tibet, 19th century
Tara in her Pure Realm
Tibet, 19th century
Tara Protecting from the Eight Fears
Kham Province, Southeastern Tibet, late 19th - early 20th century
Text and Illuminations of the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Intermediate State (Bardo)
Tibet, ca. 15th century
Text and Illuminations of the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Intermediate State (Bardo)
Tibet, ca. 15th century
Six-syllable Avalokiteshvara rescuing from the Eight Fears
Western Tibet, late 15th century - early 16th century
Seven Ishvaris (Animal-Headed Yoginis); Text and Illuminations of the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Intermediate State (Bardo)
Tibet, ca. 15th century
Seven Ishvaris (Animal-Headed Yoginis); Text and Illuminations of the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Intermediate State (Bardo)
Tibet, ca. 15th century
Seven Ishvaris (Animal-Headed Yoginis); Text and Illuminations of the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Intermediate State (Bardo)
Tibet, ca. 15th century
Sacred Earthly Realms and Heavenly Paradises
Central Tibet, 17th century
Ritual Peg (purba)
Tibet, 17th century
Sarvavid Vairochana Mandala
Tibet, 17th century
Ratna Vajradhara
Tibet, 18th century
Ratnasambhava, from a Set of Initiation Cards (Tsakali)
Tibet, ca. 14th century
Rahula and His Assembly
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Pilgrimage Map of Wutaishan
Cifu Temple (慈福寺), Wutaishan, China, dated 1846
Panjarnatha Mahakala
Central Tibet, early 18th century, ca. 1720
Padmasambhava in His Pure Realm, the Copper-Colored Mountain
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Nine-deity Hevajra Mandala
Central Tibet, 16th century
Medicine Buddha (Bhaishajyia guru, Menla)
Mongolia, 18th century
Medicine Buddha Mandala
Inner Mongolia, 18th century
Medicine Buddha Abhijnaraja
Ladakh, 14th century
Manjuvajra
India, 11th century
Mandala of Red Yamari
Tibet, ca. 1415-1435
Mandala of Hevajra
Tsang Province, Central Tibet, 17th century
Makzor Gyelmo, Queen Who Repels Armies
Tibet or Mongolia, 19th century
Mahakala, Legden, Excellent One
Tibet, 15th century
Green Tara
Tibet, 15th century
Four Arhats
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Four-armed Avalokiteshvara
Tibet, 16th century
Four Male and Four Female Gatekeepers in Union; Text and Illuminations of the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Intermediate State (Bardo)
Tibet, ca. 15th century
Four Mandalas of the Vajravali Cycle
Ewam Choden Monastery, Tsang Province, Central Tibet, 1429-1456
Green Tara
Himalayan, ca. 17th century
Guhyasamaja with Consort
Tibet, 15th century
Hevajra with consort Nairatmya
Central Tibet, mid-15th-16th century
Hevajra with Consort Nairatmya
Tibet or Nepal, 14th or 16th - 17th century
Five Cosmogenic Elements; Text and Illuminations of the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Intermediate State (Bardo)
Tibet, ca. 15th century
Five-Colored Silk; Text and Illuminations of the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Intermediate State (Bardo)
Tibet, ca. 15th century
Eleven-headed, Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara
Central Tibet, early 20th century (before 1935)
Chakrasamvara
Mongolia, 19th century
Chakrasamvara with Consort
Tibet, 15th century
Chakrasamvara with Consort Vajravarahi
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Dorje Drolo, One of Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Eleven-Headed Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
The Field of Accumulation of Merit
Tibet, early 20th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 13th century
Buddha Amitayus in His Pure Realm
Inner Mongolia, 19th century
Buddha Amitabha in the Pure Realm of Sukhavati
Central Tibet, 19th century
Bodhisattva Maitreya
Tibet, 17th - 19th century
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (After Situ Panchen's (1700–1774) set of Eight Great Bodhisattvas)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Black Cloak Mahakala
Tibet, 19th century
Avalokiteshvara Jinasagara
Tibet, 19th century
Avalokiteshvara in his Potala Pure Realm
Tibet, 19th century
Avalokiteshvara in his Potala Pure Land
Tibet, late 18th - early 19th century
Avalokiteshvara
Tibet, 13th century
Agni, God of Fire
China, first half of the 15th century
Arapachana Manjushri
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Akshobhyavajra Ghuyasamaja
Tibet, 17th century or later

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