Art

Four-Armed Mahakala
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
Yama Dharmaraja
Mongolia, 19th century
Vajrayogini
Tibet, 17th century
Vajrayogini
Tibet, 17th century
Vajravarahi
Tibet, 19th century
Vajravarahi
Tibet, 20th century
Vajravarahi
Bhutan, possibly Punakha Dzong, Mid-19th century
Vajravarahi
Nepal, Dated by inscription, 1822
Vajrakilaya of the Eight Pronouncements
Tibet, 18th century
Vajradhara with consort
Tibet, 14th century
Vajradhara and the Great Adepts (Mahasiddhas)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, late 18th-early 19th century
Vajrabhairava with Consort Vajravetali
Mongolia, 18th - 19th century
Vajrabhairava
Mongolia, ca. 19th century
Tara, as a Great Yogini, After a Set of Paintings “Twenty-seven Tantric Deities” designed by Situ Panchen (1700-1774)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century

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