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Thangka mandala painting centered on a red female deity within a temple structure, surrounded by concentric protective rings, with seated teachers above and small deity figures in the corners.

Vajrayogini in the Pure Realm of Khechara

Kham region, eastern Tibet, 19th century

Thangka painting of a red goddess Vajrayogini wearing a bone garland, within a scrolling flame-patterned arch, flanked by lamas seated on clouds above and pink flowering plants below.

Kham region, eastern Tibet, late 19th century

Rectangular, aged painting showing a seated teacher in red and orange robes surrounded by smaller figures in similar robes, with a small deity above and a large blue panel at left.

Situ Panchen as Patron of the Avadana Set, After Situ’s Set of The Wish-granting Vine Series of One Hundred and Eight Morality Tales

Kham region, eastern Tibet, 19th century

Wrathful Shrine Doors

Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, ca.19th century

White Chakrasamvara with Consort, from Situ’s Set of Twenty-seven Tutelary Deities

Kham region, eastern Tibet, late 18th century

Vajrapani (From Situ's set of Eight Great Bodhisattvas)

Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, 19th century

Vajradhara and the Great Adepts (Mahasiddhas); From a Pelpung set of The Eighty-four Great Tantric Adepts

Kham region, eastern Tibet, 19th century

Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339) and Other Luminaries of the Rime "Non-Sectarian" Movement

Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, 19th century

Tara, as a Great Yogini, After a Set of Paintings “Twenty-seven Tantric Deities” designed by Situ Panchen (1700-1774)

Kham region, eastern Tibet, 19th century

Tara Protecting from the Eight Fears

Kham region, eastern Tibet, 19th century

Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339)

Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, 19th century

Situ Panchen as Patron of the Avadana Set, After Situ’s set of The Wish-granting Vine Series of One Hundred and Eight Morality Tales

Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, 19th century

Situ Panchen (1700-1774); From a Pelpung set of Masters of the Combined Kagyü Lineages

Pelpung Monastery, Dégé, Kham region, eastern Tibet, ca. 1760s

Samantabhadra (From Situ's set of Eight Great Bodhisattvas)

Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, 19th century

Renunciation, from a set of the Twelve Deeds of the Buddha, After a woodblock carved in Derge, Kham region, eastern Tibet, composition attributed to Purbu Tsering of Chamdo (active ca. late 19th century)

Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, 20th century

Previous Lives of the Buddha

Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, 19th century