Nyima Oser, One of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava Tibet 18th century
Bon Lama, Rinchen Gyeltsen (1415-1446) Central Tibet 18th century
Four-faced Linga Nepal 18th - 19th century
Ganesha Madhya Pradesh, India 11th century
The “Three Silver Brothers” Manjushri – Avalokiteshvara – Vajrapani (left to right) Western Tibet, Puhrang area early 13th century
Pavilion of Raining Flowers (Yuhua Ge 雨花閣) Beijing Qing dynasty
Mandala of Eight Great Bodhisattvas Yulin Cave 25, east wall Middle Tang (781–848)
Vimalakirti-nirdesha Sutra (Tibetan Ruler Listening to the Dharma) Mogao Cave 360, east wall, south side; Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China
Sutra Covers with the Eight Buddhist Treasures China Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Yongle period (1403–24)
Woodblock Print of the Buddha with His Assembly China 18th - 19th century
Manjushrikirti, King of Shambhala, From a set of previous incarnations of the Panchen Lamas Du Jinsheng Silk Factory, Maojiabu, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China ca. 1922-1937
Cosmic Vishnu (Vishvarupa) Buddha Shakyamuni Bodhisattva Suryabaskara Bodhisattva Kshitigarbha Attendant Figure to Vaishravana Vajra and Bell Maitreya Book cover Stupa Chakrasamvara with Consort Frontispiece from The Great Destroyer of the Thousand Foes (Mahasahasrapramardani) Sutra Manuscript Illuminated Manuscript Page Depicting Four Forms of Mahakala & Vaishravana Green Tara Vasudhara Medicine Buddha Vasudhara, Goddess of Abundance Medicine Buddha Palace (copy of first painting from the set of the Tibetan Medical Paintings from Mentsikhang Lhasa) Vajrayogini Panjaranatha Mahakala Lekden Mahakala Mahakala Vajrabhairava with Consort Vajravetali Buddha Vairochana Vishnu with the King of Snakes, Shesha Flying Naga Shiva Bhairava Arhat Ajita Shrine Cabinet (chosham) Buddha Amitayus Tsongkapa (1357-1419) Green Tara Manjushri Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara Mahasiddha Avadhutipa Ushnishavijaya Tara central Tibet ca. 1260
Chabui (r); album leaf from Album of the Bust Portraits of Yuan Empresses (Yuandai hou banshen xiang shou ce 元代后半身像手冊) probably Daidu (Beijing), China Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
Chakrasamvara and the Footprints of Drigungpa Jikten Sumgon (1143–1217) Tibet before 1217
Changkya Rolpai Dorje China 18th century
Deities of the Padmakula Mandala Dunhuang, China period of Tibetan rule (ca. 781–848)
Cover of a Prajnaparamita manuscript Newar, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal dated 1054
Bunga Dyo, the Legend of Red Avalokiteshvara Nepal 1712
Detail of Fountain outside Bhaktapur Palace, showing sculpted stone spout Bhaktapur, Nepal 1688
Detail of Second Tashi Gomang Densatil Monastery, U region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) erected from 1360 for Drakpa Gyeltsen Pietro Francesco Mele (Italian, born ca. 1924)
Detail of tashi gomang Tashichhodzong, Thimphu, Bhutan 17th century
Detail of Two Arhats and Heshang with a Woman Washing Daikon Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China dated 1660 Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje (Tibetan, 1604–1674)
Detail of Two Indian and Four Tibetan Masters central Tibet early 13th century
Detail of Yongle Handscroll, “Delivering the Soul of Ming Taizu,” at Lingusi, Nanjing, with inscriptions in Chinese, Persian, Tay, Tibetan, and Mongolian China 1407
Donor Figure western Nepal/western Tibet 13th–14th century
Durga Killing the Buffalo Demon (Durga Mahishasuramardini) Nepal 12th–13th century
Elephant-skin drum with stone base inside Longguodian (Hall of Dynastic Prosperity) China Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Fragmentary page from a Prajnaparamita Sutra manuscript Toling 11th century
Frontispiece from the Great Destroyer of the Thousand Foes (Mahasahasrapramardani) Sutra Manuscript Tibet ca. 13th–14th century
Frontispiece of the Chinese translation of Vajracchedika Prajnaparamita Sutra (Diamond Sutra) Dunhuang, present-day Gansu Province, China 11 May 868 CE
Garudasana Vishnu Changu Narayan Temple; Nepal ca. 7th–8th century
Pancharaksha (Five Protections ) illuminated manuscriptNepal 1138 Sri Ananda Buddhi, Nepalese (b. 12th century)
Green Tara central Tibet ca. 1260s
Green Tara Khara Khoto, Inner Mongolia, China; Western Xia late 12th–13th century
Guru Padmasambha, the scholar manifestations of Padmasambhava Lo Gekhar Monastery, Mustang, Nepal mid-17th century
Icon of Five Auspicious Long Life Sisters Bhutan
Incense burner with Yongle-period inscription in Chinese, Tibetan, and Sanskrit China 15th century; Yongle reign (1402–1424)
Interior view of the “Jung Ho [Ronghe] idol factory” (copper workshop) located near the Yonghegong Monastery, Beijing, China 1930s
Jalamanusha (Merman) Nepal ca. 13th century
Janbahadya, the White Avalokiteshvara of Jana Bahal, also known as Seto Macchendranath Kathmandu, Nepal date uncertain
Juu Shakyamuni with his pupils made in Dolonnuur, Inner Mongolia, decorated in Buryatia (Federation of Russia) 19th century
Kadampa-style Reliquary Stupa Tibet 13th or 14th century
Karmapa with His Footprints central Tibet late 12th–early 13th century
King Bhaskara Deva Varma (12th century) and Woman Donor Wearing Tayo-bizakani Kwa Baha, Patan, Nepal 1804
King of Lijiang, Mu Zeng (1598–1646; r. 1598–1624/46), Official Portrait Lijiang, China Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Lacquered Wood Duomu Pitcher with Gold Floral Designs China 19th–20th century
Lama Zhang Tangut Xixia 1032–1227
Life Portrait of the Sixth Zhamar, Garwang Chokyi Wangchuk (1584–1630) Tibet early 17th century (before 1630)
Mahasiddha Damarupa of a Lamdre lineage Namgyal Monastery, Mustang, Nepal 16th century
Maitreya Mongolia 1680s Zanabazar (1635–1723)
Maitreya Mongolia 1680s Zanabazar (1635–1723)
Major Events of the Buddha’s Life Northeastern India 12th century
Mandala of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara in Several Different Aspects: Padmapani, Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara, Chintamanichakra Avalokiteshvara, and Amoghapasha at center Dunhuang, China period of Tibetan rule (ca. 781–848)
Mandala of Sarvavid Vairocana (Durgatiparisodhana from the Vajradhatu Mandala Series) Inner Mongolia or Beijing ca. 18th century
Mandala of the Sun God Surya Surrounded by Eight Planetary Deities Nepal likely 1379
Mandala with the Five Dhyani (Meditation) Buddhas, symbolic of the five cosmic elements, identifiable as Vairochana (center), Amitabha (top), Ratnasambhava (left), Amoghasiddhi (right); and Akshobhya (bottom) Dunhuang, China ca. 851–900
Manjughosha Emperor, Niched hanging shrine panel, Eastern Side Hall, Pavilion of Raining Flowers Manjushri, Avalokiteshvara, and Vajrapani Imperial Workshop, Nanjing or Beijing Yongle period (r. 1403–1424)
Manjushri, Bodhisattva of Wisdom Tibet 11th century
Manjushri, torma butter sculpture Labrang Monastery, Amdo region, eastern Tibet (Gansu Province, China) 2014
Milarepa (ca. 1028–1111) "Milarepa's Tower," Sekar Gutok, Lhodrak, southern Tibet 1200–1250
Molded Clay Image (Tsatsa) of a Stupa Molded in the Round Toling Monastery, Ngari region, western Tibet 11th–12th century
Molded Clay Image (Tsatsa) of the “Descent from Heaven” Guge, Ngari region, western Tibet 11th–12th century
Monk’s Cap Ewer (Sengmao ju) Jingdezhen, China Yongle Period (1403–1424); collection of Shah Jahan where it was incised with date 1053 AH (or 1643–1644)
Mu Zeng as a Monk (木生白画像) Xitansi Monastery, Chicken Foot Mountain, Yunnan Province, China 17th century
One Hundred and Eight Stupas arranged in a triangular shape on the hill China period (1038–1227)
Open tashi gomang Thimphu, Bhutan 19th–20th century
Padmapani Lokeshvara Tibet 17th century Attributed to Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje (Tibetan, 1604–1674)
Padmasambhava and His Eight Manifestations Tibet 16th century
Pakpa Lokeshvara Nepal 7th century
Pakpa Lokeshvara (copy of the original in the Potala Palace, Lhasa) central Tibet 13th–14th century
Palden Lhamo, torma butter sculpture Labrang Monastery, Amdo region, eastern Tibet (Gansu Province, China) 2014
Panjaranatha Mahakala Tibet 15th century
Panoramic Map of Mount Wutai Cifu Temple, Wutaishan, China 1846 Monk Lhundrub, engraver of Sanggai Aimag (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)
Panoramic View of Mount Wutai Mogao Cave 61, Dunhuang, northwestern Gansu Province, China ca. 948
Pema Lingpa Kunzangdrak Monastery, Bhutan
Pensive Avalokiteshvara Imperial Workshop, Nanjing or Beijing Yongle period (r. 1403–1424)
Pensive Avalokiteshvara Gandhara 2nd–3rd century
Pensive Avalokiteshvara Swat 7th century
Pensive Avalokiteshvara on the back of Maitreya Statue Yecheng, Hebei Province 547
Portrait Sculpture of the Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje (1555–1603) Central Tibet 1598 Karma Rinchen (act. late 16th century)
Prajnaparamita with Devotees; folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita manuscript (The Perfection of Wisdom) Toling Monastery, Ngari region, western Tibet 11th century
Qubilai Khan; album leaf from Album of the Bust Portraits of Yuan Emperors (Yuandai di banshen xiang ce 元代帝半身像冊) probably Daidu (Beijing), China Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
Raktayamari Imperial Workshop, South China Ming Yongle period (r. 1403–1424)
Ratnasambhava central Tibet ca. mid-13th century
Red Temple (Dukhang) Toling, western Tibet founded 996
Roll of Mantras for a Prayer Wheel and Its Spindle Tibet ca. 12th–13th century
Sculpted Image of Nyephu (Hephu) Trulku Sangag Gyeltsen (ca. 1600–1661) Neyphu Temple; Paro, Bhutan date unknown
Seated Bodhisattva China late 13th–14th century
Seated Buddha Flanked by Maitreya and Avalokiteśvara Palola Shahi Kingdom April 23, 715
Second Jamyang Zhepa (1728–1791), torma butter sculpture Labrang Monastery, Amdo region, eastern Tibet (Gansu Province, China) 2014
Set of Saddle Plates Tibet or China ca. 1400
Shaiva Shrine Payer, Kashmir ca. 10th century
Shakyamuni Donated by Dhandeva Shantipura, Svayambhu, Kathmandu, Nepal 15th century
Shakyamuni Flanked by His Main Disciples Lijiang, Yunnan Province 17th century Karmapa workshop
Shakyamuni, torma butter sculpture Labrang Monastery, Amdo region, eastern Tibet (Gansu Province, China) 2014
Siddhi Lakshmi Nepal 17th century
Silver Juu (Tib. Jowo), Main Assembly Hall of Yekhe Juu Höhhot, Inner Mongolia, China 1579
Standing Bodhisattva with Yongle-period inscription in Chinese, Tibetan, and Sanskrit on the base China 15th century, Yongle period (1403–1424)
Standing Buddha Kashmir late 10th to early 11th century
Standing Buddha Shakyamuni Bangemudha Tole, Kathmandu, Nepal 5th–6th century
Standing Buddha Shakyamuni Naka Bahi, Patan, Nepal 10th century
Standing Buddha Shakyamuni Northern Asoka Stupa, Patan, Nepal ca. 9th century
Statue of Amitayus, Dolonnuur style 19th century
Statue of Ga Anyen Dampa (ca. 1230–1303) Degonpo Protector Chapel (founded 1284), Kardze, Kham region, eastern Tibet (Ganzi, Sichuan Province, China) 1980s re-creation
Statue of Manjushri Efi (efü?) khalkha süme, Shiliin Gol League (formerly in Chakhar), Inner Mongolia mid-18th century
Statue of Seated Vairochana, East Temple, Level 5 (Bumpa) of the Gyantse Kumbum Gyantse Kumbum, Tsang region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) ca. 1427–1440
Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha Ravangla, Sikkim, India 2013
Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India 2015
Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha (Buddha Dordenma) Thimphu, Bhutan 2015
Statue of Shiva Solophok Hill, Namchi, Sikkim, India 2011
Statue of Ten Thousand Knives Padmasambhava, said to be made of melted knives offered by the local population in the aftermath of a murder Khamar Monastery, Dornogovi Province, Mongolia First half of 19th century, crown made in 2005 Two artisans from the Chinese metal workshops of Dolonnuur and local smiths following the instructions of the great reincarnate lama Danzin-Rabjai (1804–1856)
Statue of the bodhisattva Manjushri with Yongle reign inscription in Chinese on the lotus base China 15th century; Yongle reign (1402–1424)
Statue of White Tara Dolonnuur, Inner Mongolia 18th or 19th century
Stone carving of twenty-one buddhas and two bodhisattvas Manthal village of Skardu, Pakistan ca. late 8th century
Stone relief on a wall of Qianlong’s underground tomb Yuling 裕陵 Mausoleum, Eastern Tombs
Subhasitaratnanidhi (Treasury of Good Sayings) Mongolian translation in phags pa (square script) Khocho 13th–14th century
Tara Tibet 17th century Atelier of Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje (Tibetan, 1604–1674) or later followers
The Buddha’s Footprints and Incarnations of Avalokiteshvara Tibet 10–11th century
The Dakini Nairatmya western Nepal/western Tibet 1300–1325
The Eight Great Events of the Buddha’s Life Tibet ca. 13th century
The Great Stupa Alchi, Ladakh, India ca. 1220 or later
The Ninth Karmapa (left) and the Sixth Zhamar (right), editor of the Jang (Lijiang) Kangyur, frontispiece of the catalog (karchak) by the Sixth Zhamar, vol. 109 of the Jang Satham (Lijiang) edition of the Tibetan Kangyur, folio 1a Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China 1621
The North Fort at Taku, China, 1860 North Fort at Taku, China 1860 Felice Beato (British, 1832–1909)
Tsangnyon Heruka (1452–1507) Tibet 16th century
Tsatsa Representing the Stupa with Many Doors Western Tibet ca. 11th century
Unidentified Deity Seated on a Cow (Yama?) Tibet 17th century Attributed by inscription to Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje (Tibetan, 1604–1674)
Uninscribed representation of Lowo Khenchen, identified on the basis of his distinct physical features and the workmanship Lo (Mustang) 16th century
Ushnishavijaya Nalanda, Bihar, India ca. 11th–12th century
Vairochana Chokhor or Konchosum Lhakhang, Bumthang, Bhutan date unknown
Vairochana and the Eight Bodhisattvas Markham, Tibet (present-day TAR, China)
Vairochana of the Glacier Lake Jowo chapel, Jokhang Temple; Lhasa, U region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China)
Vajracharya Priest’s Crown Nepal dated 1145
Vasudhara and Entourage Zhelre Lhakhang, Jokhang Temple; Lhasa, U region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) 11th century
Vasudhara, Goddess of Abundance Nepal dated 1082
View of Putuo Zongcheng Temple Chengde, China 1767–1771
Virupa China Yongle period (1402–1424)
Water-Moon Avalokiteshvara, with Xuanzang, a Monkey-Headed Protector, and a White Horse Cave 2 of East Thousand-Buddha Grottoes; Tangut Kingdom (Xixia) (present-day Guazhou, Gansu Province, China) ca. 12th–13th century
White Stupa, known as Precious Stupa of Great Compassion and Longevity, and its surroundings Great Precious Stupa Cloister Monastery; Mount Wutai, Shanxi Province, China 1301, renovated in 1407
Xijindu Stupa Gate Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province dated 1311
Yamantaka Palace Mandala Potala Palace, Lolang Lhakhang, Lhasa, U region, central Tibet 1751
Zhenjue Temple, the Five Pagoda Temple Beijing, China 1473
“Long Live the Emperor” Tablet Longguodian (Hall of Dynastic Prospertity), Quantsi; Drotsang, Tsongka, Amdo region, eastern Tibet (present-day Ledu county, Qinghai Province, China) 1427
A Case of Tibetan Kangyur Nanjing, Imperial Workshop 1410 (eighth year of Yongle reign)
A large torma (dough-and-butter sculpture) representing Tsochok Khagying and his consort, standing on an altar in front of a clay image of the same pair of divinities Lubrak Village, Mustang District, Nepal
Achala Tangut Xixia, excavated from Kara Khoto 13th century
Amitabha central Tibet ca. mid-13th century
Amitayus, torma butter sculpture Labrang Monastery, Amdo region, eastern Tibet (Gansu Province, China) 2014
Amoghasiddhi central Tibet ca. mid-13th century
Arhat Ajita China Yongle period (1402–1424)
Arhat, possibly Vanavasa Imperial Workshop, Nanjing or Beijing Yongle period (r. 1403–1424)
Avalokiteshvara Kashmir early 11th century
Avalokiteshvara Yatse Kingdom (Khasa Malla Kingdom), western Nepal/western Tibet ca. 13th–14th century
Avalokiteshvara Tamshing Lhundrub Choling Temple, upper floor, Bumthang District, Bhutan 1503–1505 with potential later interventions
Avalokiteshvara in His Potala Pure Land Tibet late 18th–early 19th century
Avalokiteshvara, after Situ’s set of Eight Great Bodhisattvas Kham region, eastern Tibet 19th century
Avalokiteshvara, Manjushri, Vajrapani, and the Six Buddhas of the Wheel of Existence Darjeeling, India 20th–21st century
Avalokiteshvara, torma butter sculpture Labrang Monastery, Amdo region, eastern Tibet (Gansu Province, China) 2014
Avalokiteshvara, traced from a composition by Konchok Pende of E (from Situ’s set of Eight Great Bodhisattvas) Kham region, eastern Tibet 19th century
Birth of Buddha Swayambhu, Nepal Shah period, 20th century
Birth of Buddha Lumbini, Nepal late Varman period, 3rd–4th century
Boddhisattva Avalokiteshvara Nepal 6th–7th century
Bodhisattva China 13th century
Buddha Kasyapa, Buddha Shakyamuni, and Maitreya (the Buddhas of the Past, Present, and Future) Phurdrup Monastery, Bhutan ca. 19th century Attributed to a sculptor of the Hephu tradition
Buddha Shakyamuni Rajarajeshvari Ghat, Pashupatinatha, Kathmandu, Nepal ca. 10th century
Buddha Shakyamuni Bhinche Baha, Patan, Nepal 8th–9th century
Buddha Shakyamuni, central painting from a set of seven paintings Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China dated 1660 Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje (Tibetan, 1604–1674)
Buddha Vairochana Bimda Temple; near Jyekundo (present-day Qinghai Province, China) 806
Bungama Lokeshvara in [of] Nepal Depicted as a Conventional Avalokiteshvara Nepal 1701
Central Buddha Sculpture Khewang Lhakhang, Phobjikha, Bhutan date unknown
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