Kaumari Nepal 17th or 18th century
Four-armed Mahakala, left, and Remati, right Ron Wosel Puk, Tibet 1538
Protection From Disease Dolpo region, western Nepal ca. 1975
Woodblock Print of the Buddha with His Assembly China 18th - 19th century
Buddha’s Birth, from a set of the Twelve Deeds of the Buddha Eastern Tibet, Kham Province, Derge Printing House after 1960
Ushnisavijaya and Celebration of Old Age (Jyatha Janko) Cosmic Vishnu (Vishvarupa) Ritual Peg (purba) Bodhisattva Kshitigarbha Maitreya Chakrasamvara with Consort Vajravarahi Chakrasamvara with Consort Sitatapatra Tara as Protectress from the Eight Fears Frontispiece from The Great Destroyer of the Thousand Foes (Mahasahasrapramardani) Sutra Manuscript Tara, as a Great Yogini, After a Set of Paintings “Twenty-seven Tantric Deities” designed by Situ Panchen (1700-1774) Illuminated Manuscript Page Depicting Four Forms of Mahakala & Vaishravana Vajravarahi White Tara Green Tara Ratnasambhava, From a Set of Initiation Cards (Tsakali) Vasudhara Vasudhara, Goddess of Abundance Vajrayogini Panjaranatha Mahakala Buddha’s Birth, from a set of the Twelve Deeds of the Buddha, Print from a woodblock Mahakala Vishnu with the King of Snakes, Shesha Siddhi Lakshmi Arhat Ajita Buddha Amitayus Green Tara Manjushri Ushnishavijaya Mahasiddha Avadhutipa Temple Banner with Seven Symbols of Royal Power and Offerings Pelden Lhamo Mongolia late 17th century
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)
Chakpori Medical College Tibet 1905 L. Austine Waddell
Changkya Rolpai Dorje China 18th century
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
Desi Sanggye Gyatso (1653–1705) Tibet 17th century
Detail of Fountain outside Bhaktapur Palace, showing sculpted stone spout Bhaktapur, Nepal 1688
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)
Ushnishavijaya Tibet 18th 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
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)
First Folio from The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa, and detail with Milarepa Lende Lang Puk 1540
First Folio from The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa, and detail with Milarepa; Drakkar Taso; 1550–1555; xylographic print on paper; folio 4-1/8 x 20 in. (10.5 x 51 cm); British Library, OPB 19999a3 Drakkar Taso 1550–1555
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)
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
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
Going on Pilgrimage on All Fours and An Ascetic Sleeping on the Points of a Thousand Wooden Spikes India ca. 1940 Gendun Chopel (Tibetan, 1903–1951)
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
Guru Rinpoche second floor hallway, Tango Monastery 17th century (1688/90)
Handheld Prayer Wheel Tibet 19th–20th century
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
Iconometrical drawing Jügdür (Mongolian, flourished late 19th–early 20th 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 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
Maitreya Mongolia 1680s Zanabazar (1635–1723)
Maitreya Mongolia 1680s Zanabazar (1635–1723)
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 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
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)
Mu Zeng as a Monk (木生白画像) Xitansi Monastery, Chicken Foot Mountain, Yunnan Province, China 17th century
Musical Notations of Mahakala Melodies Written by the Ninth Karmapa (Tib. Mgon po’i dbyangs yig Karma pa dgu pa’i phyag bris), pages 44 and 63 Padmapani Lokeshvara Tibet 17th century Attributed to Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje (Tibetan, 1604–1674)
Panoramic View of Mount Wutai Mogao Cave 61, Dunhuang, northwestern Gansu Province, China ca. 948
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)
Roll of Mantras for a Prayer Wheel and Its Spindle Tibet ca. 12th–13th 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
Scenes from the Early Life of the Buddha western Tibet or western Nepal 14th century
Shakyamuni Flanked by His Main Disciples Lijiang, Yunnan Province 17th century Karmapa workshop
Siddhi Lakshmi Nepal 17th century
Sketches of Floral Patterns and Mythological Creatures, pages from a sketchbook in a folding book (thyasaphu) format Tibet (and Nepal?) 1435 Jivarama (active in 15th century)
Songtsen Gampo with Handprints and Footprints Tibet late 17th century
Statue of White Tara Dolonnuur, Inner Mongolia 18th or 19th century
Stūpas in Old Carvings India ca. 1940 Gendun Chopel (Tibetan, 1903–1951)
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 Black Treasury Manuscript, Dream of the Four Pillars Tibet ca. 1475
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
Throne of the Patan Kings Patan, Nepal 1666
Torana over the Main Entrance of Chusya Baha Kathmandu, Nepal 1663
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)
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
Wind-Powered Prayer Wheel (mani lung khor) Tibet before 1920
Woodblock for Printing Prayer Flags with Print Himalayan region 15th–19th century
Zhabdrung Rinpoche Ngawang Namgyel (1594–1651?) second-floor hallway, Tango Monastery 17th century (1688/90)
Red-Robed Monk of the Western Regions 1304 Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322)
“Cloud Faced” Black-Cloaked Mahakala Tibet 16th century either painted or inscribed by the Eighth Karmapa (1507–1554)
A Case of Tibetan Kangyur Nanjing, Imperial Workshop 1410 (eighth year of Yongle reign)
Anatomy, Painting 49 of the Tibetan Medical Paintings, Ulan Ude Set Lhasa, central Tibet early 20th century copy of original from ca. 1687–1697
Arhat, possibly Vanavasa Imperial Workshop, Nanjing or Beijing Yongle period (r. 1403–1424)
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)
Buddha Shakyamuni, central painting from a set of seven paintings Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China dated 1660 Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje (Tibetan, 1604–1674)
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