Art

Painting of large seated robed figure surrounded by smaller figures, some seated and some standing.
Physician Yutok Yonten Gonpo (1126-1202)
Central Tibet, late 17th century
Painting of seated figure with red and saffrom robes surrounded nby smaller figures and buildings mounted on vertical strip of patterned blue fabric.
Fifth Dalai Lama (1617–1682) with Episodes from His Life
U Region, Central 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
Yungton Dorje Pel (1284 1365) (After Choying Gyatso’s (active ca.1640s-1660s) set of previous incarnations of the Panchen Lamas)
Central Tibet, 19th century
Vajrabhairava with Consort Vajravetali
Mongolia, 18th - 19th century
Vajra
Tibet, 18th century
Vajra, Bell and Case
Bhutan, 20th century
Vajradhara
Tibet, 18th century
Vajradhara
Tibet, 16th century
Vajradhara
Tibet, 18th century
Vajradhara and the Great Adepts (Mahasiddhas)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, late 18th-early 19th century
Vajradhara with consort
Tibet, 14th century
Vajradhara with Eighty-Five Great Adepts (Mahasiddhas)
Western Tibet, 15th century
Vajrapani
Karnali Basin, Northwestern Nepal, 13th-14th century
Vajrapani (From Situ's set of Eight Great Bodhisattvas)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Vajrapani Trampling Snakes
Eastern India or Western Tibet, 10th-11th century

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