Sutra Covers with the Eight Buddhist Treasures China Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Yongle period (1403–24)
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
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
Cosmic Vishnu (Vishvarupa) Buddha Shakyamuni with Arhats Ritual Peg (purba) Mold for clay image (tsatsa) of Vajrapani Mold for clay image (tsatsa) of Buddha Amitayus Bodhisattva Suryabaskara Vajra and Bell Book cover Skull Cup Handheld Prayer Wheel Woodblock for printing Tibetan text Buddha Amitayus White Tara Green Tara Medicine Buddha Medicine Buddha Palace (copy of first painting from the set of the Tibetan Medical Paintings from Mentsikhang Lhasa) 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 Siddhi Lakshmi 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 Mahasiddha Avadhutipa Chakpori Medical College Tibet 1905 L. Austine Waddell
Chakrasamvara in Union with Vajravarahi central Tibet ca. 1386
Changkya Rolpai Dorje China 18th century
Deshay Maru Jhya (Deshay Maru Jhya (Window without an Equal) Yetakha tol; Kathmandu, Nepal ca. 18th century
Cover of a Prajnaparamita manuscript Newar, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal dated 1054
Bunga Dyo, the Legend of Red Avalokiteshvara Nepal 1712
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
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
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
Goddess Marichi Mongolia late 17th or early 18th century Attributed to Zanabazar (Mongolian, 1635–1723) or his workshop
Handheld Drum (Damaru) Tibet or Mongolia early 20th century
Icon of Five Auspicious Long Life Sisters Bhutan
Janbahadya, the White Avalokiteshvara of Jana Bahal, also known as Seto Macchendranath Kathmandu, Nepal date uncertain
Jataka of the Bodhisattva Sonam Tob (Story 90); north wall of the ground-floor circumambulatory passage Zhalu Monastery; Tsang District, central Tibet 14th century
Kagyu Lama with Four Lineage Gurus Tibet ca. late 16th century
Karmapa with His Footprints central Tibet late 12th–early 13th century
Lacquered Wood Duomu Pitcher with Gold Floral Designs China 19th–20th century
Lama (Teacher) Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel (1594–1651) Bhutan early 18th century
Lama Chogyur Lingpa (1829–1870) Kham region, eastern Tibet 19th century
Lama Zhang Tangut Xixia 1032–1227
Leg Bone Trumpet (Kang Ling) Tibet 18th–19th century
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
Manip displaying tashi gomang during Buddhist festival Punakha, Bhutan 1981
Molded Clay Image (Tsatsa) of a Stupa Molded in the Round Toling Monastery, Ngari region, western Tibet 11th–12th century
Molded Clay Image (Tsatsa) of Eight Different Stupas Guge, Ngari region, western Tibet 12th–13th century
Molded Clay Image (Tsatsa) of the “Descent from Heaven” Guge, Ngari region, western Tibet 11th–12th century
Molded Clay Image (Tsatsa) of the “Heaped Lotuses” Stupa Guge, Ngari region, western Tibet 11th–12th century
Monk’s Cap Ewer (Sengmao ju) Jingdezhen, China Yongle Period (1403–1424); collection of Shah Jahan where it was incised with date 1053 AH (or 1643–1644)
Open tashi gomang Thimphu, Bhutan 19th–20th century
Padmasambhava Triad in Custom-Made Shrine Ghami Palace, Mustang, Nepal 18th century
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
Panoramic Map of Mount Wutai Cifu Temple, Wutaishan, China 1846 Monk Lhundrub, engraver of Sanggai Aimag (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)
Panoramic View of Mount Wutai Mogao Cave 61, Dunhuang, northwestern Gansu Province, China ca. 948
Protective Astrological Chart Tibet late 18th or early 19th century
Ritual Bone Apron Tibet/Nepal 18th–19th 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
Skull Cup with Base Tibet 18th–20th 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 White Tara Dolonnuur, Inner Mongolia 18th or 19th century
Thangka of Kongpo Bonri, southeast Tibet, represented as the citadel of the tantric divinity Tsochok Khagying, Nyingtri, Kongpo, Tibet 18th century?
The Akshobya Mandala and White and Blue Achala Segoma Lhakhang, Zhalu Monastery; Tsang region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) 14th century
The Five Jina Buddhas Segoma Lhakhang, Zhalu Monastery; Tsang region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) 14th century
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
Tsatsa Representing the Stupa with Many Doors Western Tibet ca. 11th century
Vairochana Chokhor or Konchosum Lhakhang, Bumthang, Bhutan date unknown
Vairochana of the Glacier Lake Jowo chapel, Jokhang Temple; Lhasa, U region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China)
Vasudhara and Entourage Zhelre Lhakhang, Jokhang Temple; Lhasa, U region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) 11th century
Vasudhara Mandala Nepal dated 1777 (Samvat 897)
View of Putuo Zongcheng Temple Chengde, China 1767–1771
White Achala Segoma Lhakhang, Zhalu Monastery; Tsang region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) 14th century
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
Zhitro Mandala 2000 Pema Namdol Thaye (American, b. 1967, Bhutan)
对面的山 [Opposing Mountains], 1986 Gonkar Gyatso (b. 1961, Lhasa)
“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
Avalokiteshvara in His Potala Pure Land Tibet late 18th–early 19th century
Avalokiteshvara-Amoghapasha Segoma Lhakhang, Zhalu Monastery; Tsang region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) 14th century
Bat-Tsagaan Assembly Hall Yekhe Khüriye, Mongolia mid-17th century Zanabazar (1635–1723)
Black Cloak Mahakala Kham Province, eastern Tibet 18th century Situ Panchen (1700–1774)
Boddhisattva Avalokiteshvara Nepal 6th–7th 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
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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