A detailed painting showing multiple deities, with a central seated figure and consort above and a fierce multi-armed deity and consort dancing within a ring of flames below. Other smaller deities in various poses are arranged around the three largest deities.
Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Bardo
Central Tibet, 17th - 18th century
A detailed painting showing multiple deities, with a central seated figure and consort above and a fierce multi-armed deity and consort dancing within a ring of flames below. Other smaller deities in various poses are arranged around the three largest deities. A landscape with small human and nonhuman figures appears at the bottom.
Ratnasambhava, Ratna Heruka, and Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Bardo
Tibet, 18th century
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Sutra volume with book covers
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Kurukulla
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Tea Cup Stand with Lid
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Ushnishavijaya
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Vajradhara with Twenty-Five Mahasiddhas
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Fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobzang Gyatso (1617–1682)
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Tibet, 18th century
Four-Armed Mahakala
Tibet, 18th century

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