Art

Avalokiteshvara, according to the practice tradition of Emperor Songtsen Gampo (617-650)
Central Tibet, 13th century
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
Unidentified Teacher of the Bon Tradition
Tibet, 14th century
Unidentified Religious Master
Tibet, 16th century-17th century
Unidentified Lama (Teacher)
Tibet, 15th or 16th century
Unidentified Lama (Teacher)
Tibet, 18th century
Third Pawo Rinpoche, Tsuklak Gyatso (1568-1630) with his Handprints and Footprints
Tibet, early to mid-17th century
Shakyamuni Buddha
Tibet, 19th century
Ninth Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje (1555-1603)
Tibet, 17th century
Ninth Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje (1555–1603)
Central Tibet, ca. 1590
Manjushri (From Situ's set of Eight Great Bodhisattvas)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Major Events of the Buddha's Life
Northeastern India, 12th century
Longchenpa Drime Ozer (1308-1363)
Tibet, 19th century
Life Story of Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 19th century
Lama (Teacher) as a Mahasiddha
Tibet, 18th century
Lama Dampa Sonam Gyeltsen (1312-1375)
Tibet, 16th-17th centuries

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