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
Cosmic Vishnu (Vishvarupa) Buddha Shakyamuni Bodhisattva Kshitigarbha Attendant Figure to Vaishravana Vajra and Bell Maitreya Stupa Chakrasamvara with Consort Green Tara Vasudhara Medicine Buddha Vasudhara, Goddess of Abundance Vajrayogini Panjaranatha Mahakala Lekden Mahakala Mahakala Vajrabhairava with Consort Vajravetali Buddha Vairochana Vishnu with the King of Snakes, Shesha Flying Naga Shiva Bhairava Arhat Ajita Buddha Amitayus Tsongkapa (1357-1419) Green Tara Manjushri Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara Mahasiddha Avadhutipa Ushnishavijaya Detail of Fountain outside Bhaktapur Palace, showing sculpted stone spout Bhaktapur, Nepal 1688
Detail of tashi gomang Tashichhodzong, Thimphu, Bhutan 17th century
Donor Figure western Nepal/western Tibet 13th–14th century
Durga Killing the Buffalo Demon (Durga Mahishasuramardini) Nepal 12th–13th century
Garudasana Vishnu Changu Narayan Temple; Nepal ca. 7th–8th century
Guru Padmasambha, the scholar manifestations of Padmasambhava Lo Gekhar Monastery, Mustang, Nepal mid-17th century
Icon of Five Auspicious Long Life Sisters Bhutan
Jalamanusha (Merman) Nepal ca. 13th 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
King Bhaskara Deva Varma (12th century) and Woman Donor Wearing Tayo-bizakani Kwa Baha, Patan, Nepal 1804
Life Portrait of the Sixth Zhamar, Garwang Chokyi Wangchuk (1584–1630) Tibet early 17th century (before 1630)
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
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
Molded Clay Image (Tsatsa) of a Stupa Molded in the Round Toling Monastery, Ngari region, western Tibet 11th–12th century
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
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)
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
Shakyamuni Donated by Dhandeva Shantipura, Svayambhu, Kathmandu, Nepal 15th century
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
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
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
Tsangnyon Heruka (1452–1507) Tibet 16th 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
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)
Vasudhara, Goddess of Abundance Nepal dated 1082
Virupa China Yongle period (1402–1424)
Yamantaka Palace Mandala Potala Palace, Lolang Lhakhang, Lhasa, U region, central Tibet 1751
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
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
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 Vairochana Bimda Temple; near Jyekundo (present-day Qinghai Province, China) 806
Central Buddha Sculpture Khewang Lhakhang, Phobjikha, Bhutan date unknown
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