Buddha Shakyamuni Mold for an image of Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) Mold for clay image (tsatsa) of Vajrapani Ritual Peg (purba) Mold for clay image (tsatsa) of Buddha Amitayus Vajra Scepter Bodhisattva Kshitigarbha Crossed Vajra Vajra and Bell Maitreya Skull Cup Handheld Prayer Wheel Stupa Chakrasamvara with Consort Frontispiece from The Great Destroyer of the Thousand Foes (Mahasahasrapramardani) Sutra Manuscript Vairochana, From a Set of Initiation Cards (Taskali) Green Tara Ratnasambhava, From a Set of Initiation Cards (Tsakali) Vasudhara Medicine Buddha Vasudhara, Goddess of Abundance Vajrayogini Medical Instruments Medical Instruments Panjaranatha Mahakala Lekden Mahakala Mandala of Chakrasamvara Mahakala Vajrabhairava with Consort Vajravetali Buddha Vairochana The Stages of Nepalese Lost-Wax Metal Casting Vishnu with the King of Snakes, Shesha Flying Naga Shiva Bhairava Shrine Cabinet (chosham) Buddha Amitayus Tsongkapa (1357-1419) Manjushri Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara Mahasiddha Avadhutipa Ushnishavijaya 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 in Union with Vajravarahi central Tibet ca. 1386
Chorten constructed in the memory of Kunga Drolchok (1507–1566) Namgyal Monastery; Mustang, Nepal ca. 1568
Decanter, Cup, and Rhyton Tibet mid- to late 7th or 8th century partially gilt silver
Detail of a nobleman’s robe Delgerkhaan soum, Khentii Province, Mongolia Mongol Imperial period, 14th century
Guru Rinpoche/ Padmasambhava Taktsang, upper Lhakhang, Upper Paro Valley, western Bhutan ca. 1692–93 (destroyed in 1998 fire)
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 Yongle Handscroll, “Delivering the Soul of Ming Taizu,” at Lingusi, Nanjing, with inscriptions in Chinese, Persian, Tay, Tibetan, and Mongolian China 1407
Do What You Love 2010 Gonkar Gyatso (b. 1961, Lhasa)
Donor Figure western Nepal/western Tibet 13th–14th century
Dungtso Repa Extracting Treasure, detail of a thangka Gangteng Monastery, Nubding, Bhutan
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)
Figurine of a Wild Sheep closely associated with western Tibet Protohistoric period (ca. 100 BCE to 600 CE)
Forty-Three-Deity Mandala of Manjuvajra central Tibet 1375–1380
Frontispiece from the Great Destroyer of the Thousand Foes (Mahasahasrapramardani) Sutra Manuscript Tibet ca. 13th–14th century
Giant appliqué scroll representing Padmasambhava and his Eight Emanations Paro Tshechu, Bhutan
Goddess Marichi Mongolia late 17th or early 18th century Attributed to Zanabazar (Mongolian, 1635–1723) or his workshop
Guru Rinpoche second floor hallway, Tango Monastery 17th century (1688/90)
Halo with etched Buddha at Awakening and Attendants Kashmir ca. 720
Handheld Prayer Wheel Tibet 19th–20th century
Handheld Drum (Damaru) Tibet or Mongolia early 20th century
Icon of Five Auspicious Long Life Sisters Bhutan
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
Jataka of the Bodhisattva Sonam Tob (Story 90); north wall of the ground-floor circumambulatory passage Zhalu Monastery; Tsang District, central Tibet 14th century
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
Lama (Teacher) Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel (1594–1651) Bhutan early 18th century
Leg Bone Trumpet (Kang Ling) Tibet 18th–19th century
Lhamo Densatil Monastery, U region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) ca. 1407–1408
Maitreya Mongolia 1680s Zanabazar (1635–1723)
Maitreya Mongolia 1680s Zanabazar (1635–1723)
Mandala of the Buddhist Deity Chakrasamvara Nepal dated 1490
Manip displaying tashi gomang during Buddhist festival Punakha, Bhutan 1981
Manjushri, Avalokiteshvara, and Vajrapani Imperial Workshop, Nanjing or Beijing Yongle period (r. 1403–1424)
Manjushri, Bodhisattva of Wisdom Tibet 11th century
Mount Meru Palace Mandala Yachengar Monastery, Kham region, eastern Tibet (present-day Sichuan Province)
Open tashi gomang Thimphu, Bhutan 19th–20th century
Padmasambhava and His Eight Manifestations Tibet 16th century
Pakpa Lokeshvara (copy of the original in the Potala Palace, Lhasa) central Tibet 13th–14th century
Pema Lingpa Kunzangdrak Monastery, Bhutan
Pensive Avalokiteshvara Imperial Workshop, Nanjing or Beijing Yongle period (r. 1403–1424)
Pensive Avalokiteshvara Swat 7th century
Portrait Sculpture of the Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje (1555–1603) Central Tibet 1598 Karma Rinchen (act. late 16th century)
Prajnaparamita Tamshing Lhundrub Choling Temple, Bumthang District, Bhutan 1503–1505 with potential later interventions
Prayer Beads (trengwa) Tibet 19th century
Purpa Dagger Discovered by Pema Lingpa date unknown
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)
Ritual Bone Apron Tibet/Nepal 18th–19th century
Rock Painting (no longer extant) Taktsang, Upper Paro Valley, western Bhutan ca. 14th–15th century
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)
Scenes from the Early Life of the Buddha western Tibet or western Nepal 14th 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
Set of Saddle Plates Tibet or China ca. 1400
Siddhi Lakshmi Nepal 17th century
Skull Cup with Base Tibet 18th–20th 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
Statue of Amitayus, Dolonnuur style 19th century
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 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
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 Akshobya Mandala and White and Blue Achala Segoma Lhakhang, Zhalu Monastery; Tsang region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) 14th century
The Black Treasury Manuscript, Dream of the Four Pillars Tibet ca. 1475
The Dakini Nairatmya western Nepal/western Tibet 1300–1325
The Five Jina Buddhas Segoma Lhakhang, Zhalu Monastery; Tsang region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) 14th century
Thirteen-Deity Mandala of Jnanadakini central Tibet 1375–1380
Thirty-Two-Deity Mandala of Aksobhyavajra, the second painting of the Vajravali set commissioned in memory of Lama Dampa central Tibet, Sakya tradition 1375–1380
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
Tsangnyon Heruka (1452–1507) Tibet 16th century
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
Vairochana Chokhor or Konchosum Lhakhang, Bumthang, Bhutan date unknown
Vajracharya Priest’s Crown Nepal dated 1145
Vajradhara, Nairatmya, and Mahasiddhas Virupa and Kanha central Tibet ca. 1450
Vajradhatu (Diamond Realm) Mandala central Tibet 14th century
Vasudhara, Goddess of Abundance Nepal dated 1082
Virupa China Yongle period (1402–1424)
Virupaksa, the guardian of the West, one of the Four Guardian Kings of the four directions of the universe Tibet or North China 15th century
White Achala Segoma Lhakhang, Zhalu Monastery; Tsang region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) 14th 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
Wind-Powered Prayer Wheel (mani lung khor) Tibet before 1920
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)
Red-Robed Monk of the Western Regions 1304 Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322)
Zhitro Mandala 2000 Pema Namdol Thaye (American, b. 1967, Bhutan)
Achala, the Immovable One central Tibet ca. 1386
Arhat Ajita China Yongle period (1402–1424)
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-Amoghapasha Segoma Lhakhang, Zhalu Monastery; Tsang region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) 14th century
Banquet Set with Ewer, Decanter, and Plate Tibet Yarlung dynasty, 600–800
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
Celestial Musician (Kinnara) Playing a Pipa (Lute) Tibetan Empire 608–866
Central Buddha Sculpture Khewang Lhakhang, Phobjikha, Bhutan date unknown
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