Sutra Covers with the Eight Buddhist Treasures China Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Yongle period (1403–24)
Pavilion of Raining Flowers (Yuhua Ge 雨花閣) Beijing Qing dynasty
Senge Dradok, One of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava Kham Province, Eastern Tibet 18th century
Nyima Oser, One of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava Tibet 18th century
Padmasambhava, Pema Jungne Kham Province, Eastern Tibet late 18th-19th century
Bon Lama, Rinchen Gyeltsen (1415-1446) Central Tibet 18th century
Kaumari Nepal 17th or 18th century
Four-faced Linga Nepal 18th - 19th century
Woodblock Print of the Buddha with His Assembly China 18th - 19th century
Indian Teacher Bhavaviveka (After Choying Gyatso’s (active ca.1640s-1660s) set of previous incarnations of the Panchen Lamas) Tibet 18th century Painted woodblock print
Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) and Scenes from His Life Tibet 18th century
Tsongkapa (1357-1419) Tibet 18th century
Phakpa of Lokeshvara of Lhasa Tibet or Nepal date uncertain
Red Avalokiteshvara or Bunga Dya Nepal dated by inscription, 1818
Buddha Shakyamuni with Arhats Cosmic Vishnu (Vishvarupa) Ushnisavijaya and Celebration of Old Age (Jyatha Janko) Chariot Ritual (Bhimaratha Pata) Ritual Peg (purba) Bodhisattva Suryabaskara Vajra and Bell Book cover Skull Cup Handheld Prayer Wheel Woodblock for printing Tibetan text Stupa Buddha Amitayus White Tara Vajravarahi Green Tara Medicine Buddha Vasudhara Vasudhara, Goddess of Abundance Medical Painting of Minor Connecting Blood Vessels or Capillaries, Illustration to the Medical Treatise The Blue Beryl, Chapter 4 Medical Instruments Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyelsten Panjaranatha Mahakala Mandala of Chakrasamvara Red Avalokiteshvara or Bunga Dya The Stages of Nepalese Lost-Wax Metal Casting Vishnu with the King of Snakes, Shesha Flying Naga Siddhi Lakshmi Shiva Bhairava Milarepa and Scenes from His Life Life Story of Tsongkhapa (1357–1419) Arhat Ajita Wheel of Existence Shrine Cabinet (chosham) Rongzom Chokyi Zangpo (1012-1088) The Fifth Dalai Lama Ngawang Lobzang Gyatso (1617–1682) with Previous Incarnations Manjushri Mahasiddha Avadhutipa Temple Banner with Seven Symbols of Royal Power and Offerings Chakrasamvara and the Footprints of Drigungpa Jikten Sumgon (1143–1217) Tibet before 1217
Changkya Rolpai Dorje China 18th century
Chorten constructed in the memory of Kunga Drolchok (1507–1566) Namgyal Monastery; Mustang, Nepal ca. 1568
Demon-Binding Against Sickness Dolpo region, western Nepal ca. 1975
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
Illustrated Manuscript Depicting the Story of Water Nepal 17th century
Detail of Pegam Chest showing pitcher and chemar bo grain vessel on the central table as greeting offerings 19th century
Detail of tashi gomang Tashichhodzong, Thimphu, Bhutan 17th century
Detail of The Altan Khan’s Family Back Shrine of the Main Assembly Hall, Maidari-yin Juu, Inner Mongolia, China 18th century
Ushnishavijaya Tibet 18th 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)
Facade of the main assembly hall of Shara Süme, “Yellow Monastery,” imperial monastery built on the same model as Amarbayasgalant Khiid (1727–1736) Dolonnuur, Inner Mongolia 1727–1731, partially destroyed by Russian troops in 1945 Lei Jinyu, architect (1659–1729)
Folios from a Biography of Milarepa Tibet 17th–18th century
Garudasana Vishnu Changu Narayan Temple; Nepal ca. 7th–8th century
Geluk Refuge Field with Tsongkhapa central Tibet ca. late 18th–early 19th century
Ghantapa as one of the Eight Great Tantric Adepts Kham region, eastern Tibet 18th century
Pancharaksha (Five Protections ) illuminated manuscriptNepal 1138 Sri Ananda Buddhi, Nepalese (b. 12th century)
Goddess Marichi Mongolia late 17th or early 18th century Attributed to Zanabazar (Mongolian, 1635–1723) or his workshop
Gopichandra Monastery (Pintu Bahi) Patan, Nepal 2018
Guru Padmasambha, the scholar manifestations of Padmasambhava Lo Gekhar Monastery, Mustang, Nepal mid-17th century
Handheld Drum (Damaru) Tibet or Mongolia early 20th century
Icon of Five Auspicious Long Life Sisters Bhutan
Iconometrical drawing Jügdür (Mongolian, flourished late 19th–early 20th century)
Jalamanusha (Merman) Nepal ca. 13th century
Janbahadya, the White Avalokiteshvara of Jana Bahal, also known as Seto Macchendranath Kathmandu, Nepal date uncertain
King Bhaskara Deva Varma (12th century) and Woman Donor Wearing Tayo-bizakani Kwa Baha, Patan, Nepal 1804
Lacquered Wood Duomu Pitcher with Gold Floral Designs China 19th–20th century
Lama (Teacher) Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel (1594–1651) Bhutan early 18th century
Leg Bone Trumpet (Kang Ling) Tibet 18th–19th century
Livestock Charm primarily Dolpo region, Nepal since 1975
Mahabodhi Temple at Bodhgaya, India Bodhgaya, India
Mahabuddha Temple Patan, Nepal 1564–1601
Mahasiddha Damarupa of a Lamdre lineage Namgyal Monastery, Mustang, Nepal 16th century
Mandala of Sarvavid Vairocana (Durgatiparisodhana from the Vajradhatu Mandala Series) Inner Mongolia or Beijing ca. 18th century
Mandala of the Buddhist Deity Chakrasamvara Nepal dated 1490
Mandala of the Sun God Surya Surrounded by Eight Planetary Deities Nepal likely 1379
Manip displaying tashi gomang during Buddhist festival Punakha, Bhutan 1981
Manuscript folio of illustrated instructions for the creation of an unidentified do effigy from a combination of namkhas Lo Montang, Mustang district, Nepal 19th century
Milarepa (1040–1123) Meditating in a Mountain Kagyu Order 18th century
Namra Tseku, detail of thangka Tibet
Nineteenth-Century Copy of the Paubha Commemorating the Death of Pandita Vanaratna (1384–1468) Patan, Nepal 1862
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
Padmasambhava Triad in Custom-Made Shrine Ghami Palace, Mustang, Nepal 18th century
Painted Scroll of Bhimaratha Ritual Hāku Bāhāḥ, Kathmandu, Nepal dated by inscription January 1830
Painted Scroll of Laksha Chaitya Ritual Kathmandu, Nepal dated by inscription January 1808
Pakpa Lokeshvara Nepal 7th century
Pakpa Lokeshvara (copy of the original in the Potala Palace, Lhasa) central Tibet 13th–14th century
Panjarnatha Mahakala Tibet 18th century
Protective Astrological Chart Tibet late 18th or early 19th century
Red Temple (Dukhang) Toling, western Tibet founded 996
Ritual Bone Apron Tibet/Nepal 18th–19th century
Rock paintings in red ocher of a conjoined sun and moon, two sunbursts, a tree, and two swastikas Chukargyam, Rutok, Tibet Iron Age (ca. 700–100 BCE) or Protohistoric period (ca. 100–600 CE)
Shakyamuni Donated by Dhandeva Shantipura, Svayambhu, Kathmandu, Nepal 15th century
Siddhi Lakshmi Nepal 17th century
Skull Cup with Base Tibet 18th–20th century
Songtsen Gampo with Handprints and Footprints Tibet late 17th 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 Manjushri Efi (efü?) khalkha süme, Shiliin Gol League (formerly in Chakhar), Inner Mongolia mid-18th century
Statue of White Tara Dolonnuur, Inner Mongolia 18th or 19th century
Stūpas in Old Carvings India ca. 1940 Gendun Chopel (Tibetan, 1903–1951)
Thangka of Kongpo Bonri, southeast Tibet, represented as the citadel of the tantric divinity Tsochok Khagying, Nyingtri, Kongpo, Tibet 18th century?
The Buddha’s Footprints and Incarnations of Avalokiteshvara Tibet 10–11th century
The Fifth Dalai Lama, with Hand- and Footprints Tibet late 17th century
The Five Tathagata, or Cosmic Buddhas, Forehead Ornament for a Deity Newari, for the Nepal or Tibet market 17th–19th century
The Great Stupa Alchi, Ladakh, India ca. 1220 or later
The North Fort at Taku, China, 1860 North Fort at Taku, China 1860 Felice Beato (British, 1832–1909)
Thirteenth Karmapa, Dudul Dorje (1733–1797), from a Pelpung set of Masters of the Combined Kagyu Lineages Kham region, eastern Tibet ca. 1760s
Three Saddle Carpets, from a set of twenty-four woven in the 1930s for the cavalry of Yabzhi Punkhang Central Tibet 1920–1930
Three-Headed One of the Black Rituals, Bonpo version of a partially constructed effigy House of Pema Dolkar, Kagbeni, Mustang, Nepal 2007 Lama Tshultrim of Lubrak (b. 1949, Lubrak, Mustang, Nepal)
Three-Headed One of the Black Rituals, Nyingma Buddhist version of a ritual effigy Sanepa, Kathmandu, Nepal 1995 Lama Karma Tshering of Tshognam (b. 1951, Tetang, Mustang, Nepal)
Throne of the Patan Kings Patan, Nepal 1666
Torana over the Main Entrance of Chusya Baha Kathmandu, Nepal 1663
Turquoise Bridge Lhasa 1951 Tse Ten Tashi
Uninscribed representation of Lowo Khenchen, identified on the basis of his distinct physical features and the workmanship Lo (Mustang) 16th century
Vajracharya Priest’s Crown Nepal dated 1145
Vajradhara and Consort Nepal 1488
Vasudhara Mandala Nepal dated 1777 (Samvat 897)
Vasudhara, Goddess of Abundance Nepal dated 1082
Vasudhara, in the shrine known as Vasupura adjacent to the Svayambhu chaitya Kathmandu, Nepal
View of Putuo Zongcheng Temple Chengde, China 1767–1771
White Chakrasamvara, from Situ’s set of The Twenty-Seven Tantric Deities Kham region, eastern Tibet ca. 18th 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
Woodblock for Printing Prayer Flags with Print Himalayan region 15th–19th century
Wutasi, the Five Pagoda Temple Höhhot, Inner Mongolia 1732
Yamantaka Palace Mandala Potala Palace, Lolang Lhakhang, Lhasa, U region, central Tibet 1751
Zhenjue Temple, the Five Pagoda Temple Beijing, China 1473
Zhitro Mandala 2000 Pema Namdol Thaye (American, b. 1967, Bhutan)
“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 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
An example of a khüriye encampment: the Torghut Prince Sin Chin Gegeen’s camp at Khara Shar Mongolia before 1927
Avalokiteshvara in His Potala Pure Land Tibet late 18th–early 19th century
Baruun Örgöö, Abatai Khan’s Yurt in Yekhe Khüriye Yekhe Khüriye, Mongolia late 19th century Aleksei Pozdneev (Russian, 1851–1920)
Bat-Tsagaan Assembly Hall Yekhe Khüriye, Mongolia mid-17th century Zanabazar (1635–1723)
Birth of Buddha Swayambhu, Nepal Shah period, 20th century
Birth of Buddha Lumbini, Nepal late Varman period, 3rd–4th century
Black Cloak Mahakala Kham Province, eastern Tibet 18th century Situ Panchen (1700–1774)
Boddhisattva Avalokiteshvara Nepal 6th–7th century
Buddha Shakyamuni Rajarajeshvari Ghat, Pashupatinatha, Kathmandu, Nepal ca. 10th century
Bungama Lokeshvara in [of] Nepal Depicted as a Conventional Avalokiteshvara Nepal 1701
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