Maitreya (or Buddha Shakyamuni)
Tibet, 14th century
Maitreya, the Future Buddha
Tibet, ca. second quarter of 15th century
Mandala of Akshobhya
Tibet, 16th century
Mandala of Chakrasamvara
Tibet, 14th-15th century
Mandala of Guhyasamaja-Akshobhyavajra
Tibet, 14th century
Mandala of Manjushri Dharmadhatu Vagishvara
Tibet, 16th century (ca. 1500)
Mandala of Red Yamari
Tibet, ca. 1415-1435
Mandala of Vajrayogini
Tibet, 19th century
Manjushri
Tibet, 15th century
Human Cranium Prayer Beads
Tibet, 18th or 19th century
Human Cranium Prayer Beads
Tibet, 18th or 19th century
Indian Master Shantarakshita (active 8th century) and Scenes from his Life
Tibet, 19th century
Indian Teacher Bhavaviveka, (from a set of previous incarnations of the Panchen Lamas)
Tibet, 18th century
Ivory Prayer Beads
Tibet, early 19th century
Ivory Prayer Beads
Tibet, early 19th century
Jikme Lingpa (1729-1798)
Tibet, 18th - 19th century

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