Five Personal Gods
Tibet, 18th Century
Flat Turquoise Prayer Beads
Tibet, 20th century
Buddha Shakyamuni and Stories of his Previous Lives
Tibet, mid-late 14th century
Buddha Shakyamuni and the Sixteen Arhats
Tibet, 15th century
Butter Lamp
Tibet, 18th century
Butter Lamp
Tibet, 18th - 20th century
Butter Lamp
Tibet, 18th - 20th century
Canopy of a Mahakala Yantra
Tibet, 18th–19th century
Ceremonial Conch Trumpet (Dung Kar)
Tibet, 19th century (?)
Chakrasamvara and the Footprints of Drigungpa Jikten Sumgon (1143–1217)
Tibet, prior to 1217
Chakrasamvara with Consort
Tibet, 15th century
Chogyel Phakpa (1235–1280) initiating Qubilai Khan (1215–1294)
Tibet, ca. 16th-17th century
Coconut Shell Prayer Beads
Tibet, early 20th century
The Collected Works of Lochen Gyurme Dechen (1540-1615), Volume 2
Tibet, dated no later than 1635
Conch Shell Prayer Beads
Tibet, Date unknown
Copy of the Sandalwood Buddha (rgya nag gi tsandan jo bo)
Tibet, 18th century

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