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
Four-faced Linga Nepal 18th - 19th century
Pavilion of Raining Flowers (Yuhua Ge 雨花閣) Beijing Qing dynasty
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
Cosmic Vishnu (Vishvarupa) Buddha Shakyamuni with Arhats Ushnisavijaya and Celebration of Old Age (Jyatha Janko) Chariot Ritual (Bhimaratha Pata) Ritual Peg (purba) Bodhisattva Suryabaskara Bodhisattva Kshitigarbha Vajra and Bell Maitreya Skull Cup Chakrasamvara with Consort Woodblock for printing Tibetan text Illuminated Manuscript Page Depicting Four Forms of Mahakala & Vaishravana Buddha Amitayus White Tara Vajravarahi Green Tara Medicine Buddha Vasudhara Vasudhara, Goddess of Abundance Vajrayogini Medical Painting of Minor Connecting Blood Vessels or Capillaries, Illustration to the Medical Treatise The Blue Beryl, Chapter 4 Medical Instruments Panjaranatha Mahakala Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyelsten Panjaranatha Mahakala Mahakala 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 Buddha Amitayus Rongzom Chokyi Zangpo (1012-1088) Green Tara Manjushri The Fifth Dalai Lama Ngawang Lobzang Gyatso (1617–1682) with Previous Incarnations Mahasiddha Avadhutipa Ushnishavijaya Pelden Lhamo Mongolia late 17th century
Changkya Rolpai Dorje China 18th 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
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 The Altan Khan’s Family Back Shrine of the Main Assembly Hall, Maidari-yin Juu, Inner Mongolia, China 18th 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
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)
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
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
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
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
Jalamanusha (Merman) Nepal ca. 13th century
Janbahadya, the White Avalokiteshvara of Jana Bahal, also known as Seto Macchendranath Kathmandu, Nepal date uncertain
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)
Lama (Teacher) Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel (1594–1651) Bhutan early 18th century
Leg Bone Trumpet (Kang Ling) Tibet 18th–19th century
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)
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
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)
Milarepa (1040–1123) Meditating in a Mountain Kagyu Order 18th 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
Padmapani Lokeshvara Tibet 17th century Attributed to Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje (Tibetan, 1604–1674)
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
Panjarnatha Mahakala Tibet 18th century
Protective Astrological Chart Tibet late 18th or early 19th 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
Shakyamuni Donated by Dhandeva Shantipura, Svayambhu, Kathmandu, Nepal 15th century
Shakyamuni Flanked by His Main Disciples Lijiang, Yunnan Province 17th century Karmapa workshop
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
Tara Tibet 17th century Atelier of Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje (Tibetan, 1604–1674) or later followers
Thangka of Kongpo Bonri, southeast Tibet, represented as the citadel of the tantric divinity Tsochok Khagying, Nyingtri, Kongpo, Tibet 18th 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 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
Thirteenth Karmapa, Dudul Dorje (1733–1797), from a Pelpung set of Masters of the Combined Kagyu Lineages Kham region, eastern Tibet ca. 1760s
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
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
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
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
Zhabdrung Rinpoche Ngawang Namgyel (1594–1651?) second-floor hallway, Tango Monastery 17th century (1688/90)
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
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 in His Potala Pure Land Tibet late 18th–early 19th century
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)
Buddha Shakyamuni Rajarajeshvari Ghat, Pashupatinatha, Kathmandu, Nepal ca. 10th century
Buddha Shakyamuni, central painting from a set of seven paintings Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China dated 1660 Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje (Tibetan, 1604–1674)
Bungama Lokeshvara in [of] Nepal Depicted as a Conventional Avalokiteshvara Nepal 1701