Tibet | Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art

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A large, open-mouthed, blue figure wearing a large black cloak sits at center, surrounded by a ring of flames. Burning figures populate the lower register, some trampling humans. More figures sit among clouds in the sky depicted at the upper regist

“Cloud Faced” Black Cloak Mahakala

Tibet, 16th-17th century

Painting of a crowned figure seated on a tiger skin holding an arrow, with a quiver beside him, under a flowering tree against a deep blue background with mountains and floating arrows below.

Mahasiddha Saraha

Tibet, 19th century

Thangka painting of a central crowned Buddhist deity in a circular halo, surrounded by many small rows of repeating, seated deities, with a flame-wreathed wrathful deity below.

Tibet, 18th - 19th century

Thangka painting showing four seated Buddhist arhats in orange and red robes amid a green landscape, with a small figure at bottom center and three smaller deities seated on clouds in the upper right.

Four Arhats: Bhadra, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Kanakavatsa

Tibet, 17th–18th century

Thangka painting of a red-robed lama seated on an ornate throne, with a small multi-armed dancing deity above in a red aureole, flanked by seated figures on clouds, an altar table below, and additional seated figures at the bottom of the composition.

Chogyel Pakpa Lodro Gyeltsen (1235–1280)

Tibet, 18th century

Two richly dressed, bearded figures in armor face each other, both surrounded by swirling cloud motifs, against a backdrop of green hills, trees, and a body of water. Two smaller figures of attendants are placed at lower left and right, and a dish piled high with offerings sits between the two central figures.

Vaishravana and Virupaksha, Guardian Kings of the Northern and Western Directions

Tibet, 19th 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.

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

Low table with drawers decorated with phoenix motif

Tibet, ca. mid-19th century

Ritual offering pot

Tibet, 18th-19th century

Tsongkapa (1357-1419)

Tibet, 18th century

Sutra volume with book covers

Tibet, 19th century

Atisha with Twenty-Eight Great Adepts

Tibet, 18th century

Tibet, 19th century

Tea Cup Stand with Lid

Tibet, 18th - 20th century

Tibet, 15th century

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