Vajrabhairava Solitary of Rwa Lotsawa Tradition Western mural painting in Hevajra Chapel, middle floor, Gongkar Chode Monastery, Gongkar County, Lhokha, U region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) ca. 1464–1476 Khyentse Chenmo (active 15th century)
Hevajra Northern mural painting in Hevajra Chapel, middle floor, Gongkar Chode Monastery, Gongkar County, Lhokha, U region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) ca. 1464–1476 Khyentse Chenmo (active 15th century)
Four-armed Mahakala, left, and Remati, right Ron Wosel Puk, Tibet 1538 xylographic print on paper
Panchen Lama rebirth lineage portraits, set of thirteen thangkas copied from Nartang xylographic designs Tibet 19th century ground mineral pigment on cotton
Kaumari Nepal 17th or 18th century Gilt copper alloy with semiprecious stone inlays
Maitreya Procession at Lama-yin Gegeen-ü Khüriye Mongolia late 19th–early 20th century Gempil-yin Dorji (Mongolian, late 19th–early 20th century) colors on cotton
Maitreya Mongolia late 19th century Gendundamba (Mongolian, late 19th–early 20th century) colors on cotton
Cosmic Vishnu (Vishvarupa) Chariot Ritual (Bhimaratha Pata) Mold for an image of Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) Ritual Peg (purba) Bodhisattva Suryabaskara Bodhisattva Kshitigarbha Maitreya Chakrasamvara with Consort Vajravarahi Chakrasamvara with Consort Illuminated Manuscript Page Depicting Four Forms of Mahakala & Vaishravana White Tara Vajravarahi Vasudhara Medicine Buddha Vasudhara, Goddess of Abundance Vajrayogini Panjaranatha Mahakala Panjaranatha Mahakala Lekden Mahakala Mahakala Vajrabhairava with Consort Vajravetali Heruka with Consort Vishnu with the King of Snakes, Shesha Siddhi Lakshmi Padmasambhava and his eight manifestations Arhat Ajita Shrine Cabinet (chosham) Buddha Amitayus Green Tara Manjushri Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara Mahasiddha Avadhutipa Ushnishavijaya Temple Banner with Seven Symbols of Royal Power and Offerings Chakrasamvara and the Footprints of Drigungpa Jikten Sumgon (1143–1217) Tibet before 1217 pigments on silk
Chakrasamvara in Union with Vajravarahi central Tibet ca. 1386 gilt copper alloy with pigments, turquoise inlay
Changkya Rolpai Dorje China 18th century ink and colors on silk
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) ground mineral pigment on silk
Desi Sanggye Gyatso (1653–1705) Tibet 17th century woodblock print
Design for Grand Maitreya Project, work-in-progress near Ulaanbaatar
Detail of a nobleman’s robe Delgerkhaan soum, Khentii Province, Mongolia Mongol Imperial period, 14th century appliqué, embroidery, silk, cotton
Detail of Fountain outside Bhaktapur Palace, showing sculpted stone spout Bhaktapur, Nepal 1688
Illustrated Manuscript Depicting the Story of Water Nepal 17th century pigments on paper
Guru Rinpoche/ Padmasambhava Taktsang, upper Lhakhang, Upper Paro Valley, western Bhutan ca. 1692–93 (destroyed in 1998 fire) pigment on canvas
Detail of tashi gomang Tashichhodzong, Thimphu, Bhutan 17th century wood, brass, silver, gold plating, semi-precious stones, glass beads, clay statues
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) ink and pigment on silk
Drawing of Vajravarahi ca. 1687 Lhodrak Kukye Norbu Gyatso (active late 17th century) ink on paper
Dungtso Repa Extracting Treasure, detail of a thangka Gangteng Monastery, Nubding, Bhutan
Durga Killing the Buffalo Demon (Durga Mahishasuramardini) Nepal 12th–13th century gilt copper alloy
Elephant-skin drum with stone base inside Longguodian (Hall of Dynastic Prosperity) China Ming dynasty (1368–1644) elephant skin, wood, stone
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 ink on colors on paper
Forty-Three-Deity Mandala of Manjuvajra central Tibet 1375–1380 distemper on cloth
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) gold thangka; ground mineral pigment on cotton
Giant appliqué scroll representing Padmasambhava and his Eight Emanations Paro Tshechu, Bhutan
Pancharaksha (Five Protections ) illuminated manuscriptNepal 1138 Sri Ananda Buddhi, Nepalese (b. 12th century) ink and opaque watercolor on palm leaf
Goddess Marichi Mongolia late 17th or early 18th century Attributed to Zanabazar (Mongolian, 1635–1723) or his workshop gilt copper alloy
Green Tara Khara Khoto, Inner Mongolia, China; Western Xia late 12th–13th century silk tapestry with slits (kesi)
Guru Padmasambha, the scholar manifestations of Padmasambhava Lo Gekhar Monastery, Mustang, Nepal mid-17th century papier-mâché
Guru Rinpoche second floor hallway, Tango Monastery 17th century (1688/90) pigment on canvas
Handheld Drum (Damaru) Tibet or Mongolia early 20th century wood, silk, leather, cornelian
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 pigments on cloth
Ikh Khüree Naadam Mongolia 1966 D. Damdinsüren (Mongolian, 1909-1984) colors on cotton
Ikh Khüree Tsam Mongolia 1966 D. Damdinsüren (1909–1984) colors on cotton
Jügdernamjil (Three Deities of Longevity) Mongolia late 19th century Jügdür (Mongolian, flourished late 19th–early 20th century) colors on cotton
Juu Shakyamuni with his pupils made in Dolonnuur, Inner Mongolia, decorated in Buryatia (Federation of Russia) 19th century gilded alloy of silver and other metals, turquoise and corals
Kalachakra (Dechingalba) Temple in Yekhe Khüriye Monastery Mongolia late 19th century photograph
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) pigments on silk
Karmapa with His Footprints central Tibet late 12th–early 13th century pigments on silk
King of Lijiang, Mu Zeng (1598–1646; r. 1598–1624/46), Official Portrait Lijiang, China Qing dynasty (1644–1911) album leaf, ink and pigment on paper
Life Portrait of the Sixth Zhamar, Garwang Chokyi Wangchuk (1584–1630) Tibet early 17th century (before 1630) silver
Maitreya Mongolia 1680s Zanabazar (1635–1723) gilt bronze with blue pigment in the hair
Maitreya Mongolia 1680s Zanabazar (1635–1723) gilt bronze with blue pigment in the hair
Mandala of Sarvavid Vairocana (Durgatiparisodhana from the Vajradhatu Mandala Series) Inner Mongolia or Beijing ca. 18th century colors on cloth with cloth mounting
Mandala of the Buddhist Deity Chakrasamvara Nepal dated 1490 mineral pigments on cotton cloth
Map of Yekhe Khüriye Mongolia 19th century colors on cotton
Map of Yekhe Khüriye Mongolia late 19th century Balgan (act. late 19th century) colors on cotton
Marpa Lotsawa (1012–1097) Tibet 17th century Attributed by inscription to Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje (Tibetan, 1604–1674) pigments on silk
Mu Zeng as a Monk (木生白画像) Xitansi Monastery, Chicken Foot Mountain, Yunnan Province, China 17th century pigments on silk
Nine Deity Offering Mongolia 19th century pigments on cloth
Padmapani Lokeshvara Tibet 17th century Attributed to Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje (Tibetan, 1604–1674) ivory
Padmasambhava and His Eight Manifestations Tibet 16th century copper alloy
Painted Scroll of Bhimaratha Ritual Hāku Bāhāḥ, Kathmandu, Nepal dated by inscription January 1830 distemper and gold on cloth
Painted Scroll of Laksha Chaitya Ritual Kathmandu, Nepal dated by inscription January 1808 opaque watercolor on cotton cloth
Panjaranatha Mahakala Tibet 15th century stone with pigments
Panjarnatha Mahakala Tibet 18th century pigments on cloth
Sixth Panchen Lobzang Pelden Yeshe (1738–1780), one of thirteen thangkas copied from Nartang xylographic designs Tibet 19th century ground mineral pigment on cotton
Manjushriyashas (Jampel Drak), one of thirteen thangkas copied from Nartang xylographic designs Tibet 19th century ground mineral pigment on cotton
Bhaviveka (Lekden Je, ca. 500–ca. 578), one of thirteen thangkas copied from Nartang xylographic designs Tibet 19th century ground mineral pigment on cotton
Abhayakaragupta (Jigme Jungne Bapa, d. 1125), one of thirteen thangkas copied from Nartang xylographic designs Tibet 19th century ground mineral pigment on cotton
Go Lotsawa Khukpa Lhetse (11th century), one of thirteen thangkas copied from Nartang xylographic designs Tibet 19th century ground mineral pigment on cotton
Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyeltsen (1182–1251), one of thirteen thangkas copied from Nartang xylographic designs Tibet 19th century ground mineral pigment on cotton
Yungton Dorje Pel (1284–1365), one of thirteen thangkas copied from Nartang xylographic designs Tibet 19th century ground mineral pigment on cotton
[First Panchen] Khedrubje Gelek Pelzang (1385–1438), one of thirteen thangkas copied from Nartang xylographic designs Tibet 19th century ground mineral pigment on cotton
[Second Panchen] Sonam Choklang (1439–1504), one of thirteen thangkas copied from Nartang xylographic designs Tibet 19th century ground mineral pigment on cotton
Subhuti (Rabjor), one of thirteen thangkas copied from Nartang xylographic designs Tibet 19th century ground mineral pigment on cotton
Fourth Panchen Lobzang Chokyi Gyeltsen (1567–1662), one of thirteen thangkas copied from Nartang xylographic designs Tibet 19th century ground mineral pigment on cotton
[Third Panchen] Wensapa Lobzang Dondrub (1505–1566), one of thirteen thangkas copied from Nartang xylographic designs Tibet 19th century ground mineral pigment on cotton
Fifth Panchen Lobzang Yeshe (1663–1737), one of thirteen thangkas copied from Nartang xylographic designs Tibet 19th century ground mineral pigment on cotton
Raktayamari Imperial Workshop, South China Ming Yongle period (r. 1403–1424)
Russian Consulate and Holy Trinity Church Yekhe Khüriye, Mongolia 1912 Ivan Korostovets (Russian, 1862–1933) photograph
Saint Drukpa Kunley, great-grandfather of Desi Tenzin Rabgye second floor, Desi Zimkhang, Tango Monastery 17th century (1688/90) pigment on canvas
Sarvavid Vairochana Mandala Tibet 17th century pigments on cloth
Scenes from the Early Life of the Buddha western Tibet or western Nepal 14th century ink and pigment on cotton
Shakyamuni Flanked by His Main Disciples Lijiang, Yunnan Province 17th century Karmapa workshop ink and color on silk
Siddhi Lakshmi Nepal 17th century gilt copper alloy
Silver Juu (Tib. Jowo), Main Assembly Hall of Yekhe Juu Höhhot, Inner Mongolia, China 1579 silver and other metals
Songtsen Gampo with Handprints and Footprints Tibet late 17th century ground mineral pigments on cloth
Statue of Amitayus, Dolonnuur style 19th century silver with colors
Statue of Manjushri Efi (efü?) khalkha süme, Shiliin Gol League (formerly in Chakhar), Inner Mongolia mid-18th century gilt copper alloy with lacquer and pigments, inset with gems
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 White Tara Dolonnuur, Inner Mongolia 18th or 19th century gilded bronze
Subhasitaratnanidhi (Treasury of Good Sayings) Mongolian translation in phags pa (square script) Khocho 13th–14th century woodblock print on paper
Tara Tibet 17th century Atelier of Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje (Tibetan, 1604–1674) or later followers brass with pigments
The Akshobya Mandala and White and Blue Achala Segoma Lhakhang, Zhalu Monastery; Tsang region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) 14th century mineral and vegetal pigments on dry clay wall
The Buddha’s Footprints and Incarnations of Avalokiteshvara Tibet 10–11th century ground mineral pigments on silk
The Dakini Nairatmya western Nepal/western Tibet 1300–1325 gilt copper
The Eight Great Events of the Buddha’s Life Tibet ca. 13th century pigments on cloth
The Fifth Dalai Lama, with Hand- and Footprints Tibet late 17th century pigments on cloth
The Five Tathagata, or Cosmic Buddhas, Forehead Ornament for a Deity Newari, for the Nepal or Tibet market 17th–19th century gold, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, garnet, lapis lazuli, coral, turquoise
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 ink on paper
Thirteen-Deity Mandala of Jnanadakini central Tibet 1375–1380 distemper on cloth
Thirty-Five Buddhas of Confession Mongolia ca. 1914 Chimed, Gendendamba, Jügdür, and Khasgombo (all active early 20th century Mongolia) appliqué, embroidery
Three Saddle Carpets, from a set of twenty-four woven in the 1930s for the cavalry of Yabzhi Punkhang Central Tibet 1920–1930 wool pile and weft, cotton warp
Throne of the Patan Kings Patan, Nepal 1666 gilt copper, wood, modern upholstery
Torana over the Main Entrance of Chusya Baha Kathmandu, Nepal 1663 wood
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 pigments on cloth
Two Stirrups Mongolian 16th–17th century iron, gold, silver
Unidentified Deity Seated on a Cow (Yama?) Tibet 17th century Attributed by inscription to Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje (Tibetan, 1604–1674) copper with traces of gilding
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 pigments on cloth
Vajrapani Mongolia late 19th century Tsend, Tavkhai Bor, Danjin, Baldangombo, and Khasgombo appliqué, embroidery
Vasudhara and Entourage Zhelre Lhakhang, Jokhang Temple; Lhasa, U region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) 11th century pigments on clay primer
Vasudhara Mandala Nepal dated 1777 (Samvat 897) distemper on cloth
Vasudhara, Goddess of Abundance Nepal dated 1082 gilt copper with semiprecious stones and traces of vermilion
Vasudhara, in the shrine known as Vasupura adjacent to the Svayambhu chaitya Kathmandu, Nepal
Victory over Mara Mongolia? 19th century Pigments on cloth
Wheel of Existence Tashicholing Temple, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 20th or 21st century block print
White Achala Segoma Lhakhang, Zhalu Monastery; Tsang region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) 14th century mineral and vegetal pigments on dry clay wall
Woodblock for Printing Prayer Flags with Print Himalayan region 15th–19th century pigments on wood
Wutasi, the Five Pagoda Temple Höhhot, Inner Mongolia 1732
Zhabdrung Rinpoche Ngawang Namgyel (1594–1651?) second-floor hallway, Tango Monastery 17th century (1688/90) pigment on canvas
Zhitro Mandala 2000 Pema Namdol Thaye (American, b. 1967, Bhutan) gilt metal on wooden armature, polymeric resin compound (for minor decorative caste motifs such as animals, tassels, banners, and Buddhist emblems), semi-precious stone inlays, pearls, colored glass, and more
“Cloud Faced” Black-Cloaked Mahakala Tibet 16th century either painted or inscribed by the Eighth Karmapa (1507–1554) ink and gold line on cloth
Achala Tangut Xixia, excavated from Kara Khoto 13th century pigments on cotton
Achala, the Immovable One central Tibet ca. 1386 gilt copper alloy
An example of a khüriye encampment: the Torghut Prince Sin Chin Gegeen’s camp at Khara Shar Mongolia before 1927 photograph
Anatomy, Painting 49 of the Tibetan Medical Paintings, Ulan Ude Set Lhasa, central Tibet early 20th century copy of original from ca. 1687–1697 pigments on cloth
Appliqué Cloth Thangka of Maitreya Gyantse 1437–1439 based on sketch of Sonam Peljor colored silk embroidered on silk
Arhat, possibly Vanavasa Imperial Workshop, Nanjing or Beijing Yongle period (r. 1403–1424) ink, pigments, and gold on silk
Avalokiteshvara in His Potala Pure Land Tibet late 18th–early 19th century pigments on cloth, silk brocade, cotton backing
Baruun Örgöö, Abatai Khan’s Yurt in Yekhe Khüriye Yekhe Khüriye, Mongolia late 19th century Aleksei Pozdneev (Russian, 1851–1920) photograph
Bat-Tsagaan Assembly Hall Yekhe Khüriye, Mongolia mid-17th century Zanabazar (1635–1723) felt, wood
Begtse (Jamsran) Mongolia late 19th century Gendendamba (late 19th–early 20th century) colors on cotton
Birth of Buddha Tibet 19th century pigments on cloth
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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