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
Kaumari Nepal 17th or 18th century
Phakpa of Lokeshvara of Lhasa Tibet or Nepal date uncertain
Red Avalokiteshvara or Bunga Dya Nepal dated by inscription, 1818
Cosmic Vishnu (Vishvarupa) Ushnisavijaya and Celebration of Old Age (Jyatha Janko) Buddha Shakyamuni Chariot Ritual (Bhimaratha Pata) Ritual Peg (purba) Bodhisattva Kshitigarbha Attendant Figure to Vaishravana Vajra and Bell Maitreya Skull Cup Stupa Chakrasamvara with Consort Illuminated Manuscript Page Depicting Four Forms of Mahakala & Vaishravana Vajravarahi Green Tara Vasudhara Medicine Buddha Vasudhara, Goddess of Abundance Vajrayogini Panjaranatha Mahakala Lekden Mahakala Mahakala Vajrabhairava with Consort Vajravetali Buddha Vairochana 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 Arhat Ajita Buddha Amitayus Tsongkapa (1357-1419) Green Tara Manjushri Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara Mahasiddha Avadhutipa Ushnishavijaya Pelden Lhamo Mongolia late 17th century
Chorten constructed in the memory of Kunga Drolchok (1507–1566) Namgyal Monastery; Mustang, Nepal ca. 1568
Damchen, the Oath-Bound Protector Gura Sharkha, Minyak, Kham region, eastern Tibet dated 1655 Attributed by inscription to Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje (Tibetan, 1604–1674)
Demon-Binding Against Sickness Dolpo region, western Nepal ca. 1975
Deshay Maru Jhya (Deshay Maru Jhya (Window without an Equal) Yetakha tol; Kathmandu, Nepal ca. 18th century
Desi Sanggye Gyatso (1653–1705) Tibet 17th century
Cover of a Prajnaparamita manuscript Newar, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal dated 1054
Bunga Dyo, the Legend of Red Avalokiteshvara Nepal 1712
Illustrated Manuscript Depicting the Story of Water Nepal 17th century
Guru Rinpoche/ Padmasambhava Taktsang, upper Lhakhang, Upper Paro Valley, western Bhutan ca. 1692–93 (destroyed in 1998 fire)
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)
Donor Figure western Nepal/western Tibet 13th–14th century
Drawing of Vajravarahi ca. 1687 Lhodrak Kukye Norbu Gyatso (active late 17th 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)
Folios from a Biography of Milarepa Tibet 17th–18th century
Fourth Panchen Lobzang Chokyi Gyeltsen (1570–1662), with previous incarnations Tsang region, central Tibet mid-17th century Attributed by inscription to Choying Gyatso (act. 17th century)
Garudasana Vishnu Changu Narayan Temple; Nepal ca. 7th–8th 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
Guru Padmasambha, the scholar manifestations of Padmasambhava Lo Gekhar Monastery, Mustang, Nepal mid-17th century
Guru Rinpoche second floor hallway, Tango Monastery 17th century (1688/90)
Herbal Medicines, Painting 26 of the Tibetan Medical Paintings, Ulan Ude Set Lhasa, central Tibet early 20th-century copy of original from ca. 1687–1697
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)
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 in Cave (Tenth Karmapa, Sixth Gyeltsab, and Kuntu Zangpo) Tibet or Gyeltang, northern Yunnan 17th century (ca. 1668–1674) Attributed to Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje (Tibetan, 1604–1674)
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)
Life Portrait of the Sixth Zhamar, Garwang Chokyi Wangchuk (1584–1630) Tibet early 17th century (before 1630)
Livestock Charm primarily Dolpo region, Nepal since 1975
Mahabuddha Temple Patan, Nepal 1564–1601
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 the Buddhist Deity Chakrasamvara Nepal dated 1490
Mandala of the Sun God Surya Surrounded by Eight Planetary Deities Nepal likely 1379
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
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
Marpa Lotsawa (1012–1097) Tibet 17th century Attributed by inscription to Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje (Tibetan, 1604–1674)
Molded Clay Image (Tsatsa) of a Stupa Molded in the Round Toling Monastery, Ngari region, western Tibet 11th–12th century
Mu Zeng as a Monk (木生白画像) Xitansi Monastery, Chicken Foot Mountain, Yunnan Province, China 17th century
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
Padmapani Lokeshvara Tibet 17th century Attributed to Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje (Tibetan, 1604–1674)
Padmasambhava and His Eight Manifestations Tibet 16th 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
Palden Lhamo, torma butter sculpture Labrang Monastery, Amdo region, eastern Tibet (Gansu Province, China) 2014
Panjaranatha Mahakala Tibet 15th century
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)
Ritual Bone Apron Tibet/Nepal 18th–19th century
Saint Drukpa Kunley, great-grandfather of Desi Tenzin Rabgye second floor, Desi Zimkhang, Tango Monastery 17th century (1688/90)
Sarvavid Vairochana Mandala Tibet 17th 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
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
Songtsen Gampo with Handprints and Footprints Tibet late 17th century
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
Tara Tibet 17th century Atelier of Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje (Tibetan, 1604–1674) or later followers
The Dakini Nairatmya western Nepal/western Tibet 1300–1325
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 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
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
Tsangnyon Heruka (1452–1507) Tibet 16th century
Turning the Wheel of the Dharma, eighth painting from a set of nine depicting the Twelve Deeds of the Buddha Tibet 17th century Atelier of Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje (Tibetan, 1604–1674) or later followers
Two Stirrups Mongolian 16th–17th 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
Urine Analysis, Painting 64 of the Tibetan Medical Paintings, Ulan Ude Set Lhasa, central Tibet early 20th-century copy of original from ca. 1687–1697
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
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
Virupa China Yongle period (1402–1424)
Woodblock for Printing Prayer Flags with Print Himalayan region 15th–19th century
Xijindu Stupa Gate Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province dated 1311
Yamantaka Palace Mandala Potala Palace, Lolang Lhakhang, Lhasa, U region, central Tibet 1751
Zhabdrung Rinpoche Ngawang Namgyel (1594–1651?) second-floor hallway, Tango Monastery 17th century (1688/90)
“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
Amitayus, torma butter sculpture Labrang Monastery, Amdo region, eastern Tibet (Gansu Province, China) 2014
Anatomy, Painting 49 of the Tibetan Medical Paintings, Ulan Ude Set Lhasa, central Tibet early 20th century copy of original from ca. 1687–1697
Avalokiteshvara Kashmir early 11th century
Avalokiteshvara Yatse Kingdom (Khasa Malla Kingdom), western Nepal/western Tibet ca. 13th–14th century
Avalokiteshvara seated in the Maharajajila posture China ca. 10th–13th century
Avalokiteshvara, torma butter sculpture Labrang Monastery, Amdo region, eastern Tibet (Gansu Province, China) 2014
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
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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