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
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)
Mandala of Eight Great Bodhisattvas Yulin Cave 25, east wall Middle Tang (781–848)
Senge Dradok, One of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava Kham Province, Eastern Tibet 18th century
Padmasambhava, Pema Jungne Kham Province, Eastern Tibet late 18th-19th century
Kaumari Nepal 17th or 18th 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
Maitreya Procession at Lama-yin Gegeen-ü Khüriye Mongolia late 19th–early 20th century Gempil-yin Dorji (Mongolian, late 19th–early 20th century)
Maitreya Mongolia late 19th century Gendundamba (Mongolian, late 19th–early 20th century)
Cosmic Vishnu (Vishvarupa) Buddha Shakyamuni with Arhats Buddha Shakyamuni Mold for an image of Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) Mold for clay image (tsatsa) of Vajrapani Mold for clay image (tsatsa) of Buddha Amitayus Vajra Scepter Bodhisattva Suryabaskara Bodhisattva Kshitigarbha Crossed Vajra Attendant Figure to Vaishravana Vajra and Bell Bodhisattvas Maitreya and Manjushri in Tushita Pure Realm Maitreya Skull Cup Stupa Chakrasamvara with Consort Woodblock for printing Tibetan text Buddha Amitayus White Tara Green Tara Vasudhara Medicine Buddha Vasudhara, Goddess of Abundance Avalokiteshvara Vajrayogini Medical Painting of Minor Connecting Blood Vessels or Capillaries, Illustration to the Medical Treatise The Blue Beryl, Chapter 4 Medical Instruments Medical Instruments Panjaranatha Mahakala Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyelsten Panjaranatha Mahakala Lekden Mahakala Mahakala Vajrabhairava with Consort Vajravetali Buddha Vairochana 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) Tsongkapa (1357-1419) Green Tara Manjushri The Fifth Dalai Lama Ngawang Lobzang Gyatso (1617–1682) with Previous Incarnations Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara 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
Decanter, Cup, and Rhyton Tibet mid- to late 7th or 8th century partially gilt silver
Deshay Maru Jhya (Deshay Maru Jhya (Window without an Equal) Yetakha tol; Kathmandu, Nepal ca. 18th century
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
Bunga Dyo, the Legend of Red Avalokiteshvara Nepal 1712
Detail of Fountain outside Bhaktapur Palace, showing sculpted stone spout Bhaktapur, Nepal 1688
Detail of Morality Tale of Vidura from chapter 76 in the Wish-fulfilling Vine (Bodhisattvavadanakalpalata) Southern mural painting of the original Main Assembly Hall, ground floor, Gongkar Chode Monastery, Gangto Village, Gongkar County, Lhokha, U region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) ca. 1464–1476 Khyentse Chenmo (active 15th 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
Do What You Love 2010 Gonkar Gyatso (b. 1961, Lhasa)
Donor Figure western Nepal/western Tibet 13th–14th century
Drilbu Bell Claimed to Have Been Discovered by Dorje Lingpa Thimpu, Bhutan discovered in the 14th century
Durga Killing the Buffalo Demon (Durga Mahishasuramardini) Nepal 12th–13th century
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)
Figurine of a Wild Sheep closely associated with western Tibet Protohistoric period (ca. 100 BCE to 600 CE)
Folios from a Biography of Milarepa Tibet 17th–18th 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
Goddess Marichi Mongolia late 17th or early 18th century Attributed to Zanabazar (Mongolian, 1635–1723) or his workshop
Green Tara Khara Khoto, Inner Mongolia, China; Western Xia late 12th–13th century
Guru Padmasambha, the scholar manifestations of Padmasambhava Lo Gekhar Monastery, Mustang, Nepal mid-17th century
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
Ikh Khüree Naadam Mongolia 1966 D. Damdinsüren (Mongolian, 1909-1984)
Ikh Khüree Tsam Mongolia 1966 D. Damdinsüren (1909–1984)
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
Jügdernamjil (Three Deities of Longevity) Mongolia late 19th century Jügdür (Mongolian, flourished late 19th–early 20th 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
Kalachakra (Dechingalba) Temple in Yekhe Khüriye Monastery Mongolia late 19th century
King Bhaskara Deva Varma (12th century) and Woman Donor Wearing Tayo-bizakani Kwa Baha, Patan, Nepal 1804
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
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
Mandala of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara in Several Different Aspects: Padmapani, Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara, Chintamanichakra Avalokiteshvara, and Amoghapasha at center Dunhuang, China period of Tibetan rule (ca. 781–848)
Mandala of Sarvavid Vairocana (Durgatiparisodhana from the Vajradhatu Mandala Series) Inner Mongolia or Beijing ca. 18th 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
Map of Yekhe Khüriye Mongolia 19th century
Map of Yekhe Khüriye Mongolia late 19th century Balgan (act. late 19th century)
Milarepa (1040–1123) Meditating in a Mountain Kagyu Order 18th century
Molded Clay Image (Tsatsa) of a Stupa Molded in the Round Toling Monastery, Ngari region, western Tibet 11th–12th century
Monk’s Cap Silver Pitcher Tibet 19th century
Mount Meru Palace Mandala Yachengar Monastery, Kham region, eastern Tibet (present-day Sichuan Province)
Nine Deity Offering Mongolia 19th 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
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
Palden Lhamo, torma butter sculpture Labrang Monastery, Amdo region, eastern Tibet (Gansu Province, China) 2014
Panjaranatha Mahakala Tibet 15th century
Panjarnatha Mahakala Tibet 18th 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)
Prayer Beads (trengwa) Tibet 19th century
Protective Astrological Chart Tibet late 18th or early 19th century
Purpa Dagger Discovered by Pema Lingpa date unknown
Ritual Bone Apron Tibet/Nepal 18th–19th century
Roll of Mantras for a Prayer Wheel and Its Spindle Tibet ca. 12th–13th century
Russian Consulate and Holy Trinity Church Yekhe Khüriye, Mongolia 1912 Ivan Korostovets (Russian, 1862–1933)
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
Set of Saddle Plates Tibet or China ca. 1400
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
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
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 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
Stone carving of twenty-one buddhas and two bodhisattvas Manthal village of Skardu, Pakistan ca. late 8th 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
Thangka of Kongpo Bonri, southeast Tibet, represented as the citadel of the tantric divinity Tsochok Khagying, Nyingtri, Kongpo, Tibet 18th century?
The Dakini Nairatmya western Nepal/western Tibet 1300–1325
Thirteenth Karmapa, Dudul Dorje (1733–1797), from a Pelpung set of Masters of the Combined Kagyu Lineages Kham region, eastern Tibet ca. 1760s
Thirty-Five Buddhas of Confession Mongolia ca. 1914 Chimed, Gendendamba, Jügdür, and Khasgombo (all active early 20th century Mongolia)
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
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)
Vajracharya Priest’s Crown Nepal dated 1145
Vajrapani Mongolia late 19th century Tsend, Tavkhai Bor, Danjin, Baldangombo, and Khasgombo
Vasudhara Mandala Nepal dated 1777 (Samvat 897)
Vasudhara, Goddess of Abundance Nepal dated 1082
Victory over Mara Mongolia? 19th century
View of Putuo Zongcheng Temple Chengde, China 1767–1771
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
Wheel of Existence Tashicholing Temple, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 20th or 21st century
White Chakrasamvara, from Situ’s set of The Twenty-Seven Tantric Deities Kham region, eastern Tibet ca. 18th century
Wind-Powered Prayer Wheel (mani lung khor) Tibet before 1920
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)
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
Achala, the Immovable One central Tibet ca. 1386
Amitayus, torma butter sculpture Labrang Monastery, Amdo region, eastern Tibet (Gansu Province, China) 2014
An example of a khüriye encampment: the Torghut Prince Sin Chin Gegeen’s camp at Khara Shar Mongolia before 1927
Appliqué Cloth Thangka of Maitreya Gyantse 1437–1439 based on sketch of Sonam Peljor
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 in His Potala Pure Land Tibet late 18th–early 19th century
Avalokiteshvara, after Situ’s set of Eight Great Bodhisattvas Kham region, eastern Tibet 19th century
Avalokiteshvara, Manjushri, Vajrapani, and the Six Buddhas of the Wheel of Existence Darjeeling, India 20th–21st century
Avalokiteshvara, torma butter sculpture Labrang Monastery, Amdo region, eastern Tibet (Gansu Province, China) 2014
Avalokiteshvara, traced from a composition by Konchok Pende of E (from Situ’s set of Eight Great Bodhisattvas) Kham region, eastern Tibet 19th century
Banquet Set with Ewer, Decanter, and Plate Tibet Yarlung dynasty, 600–800
Baruun Örgöö, Abatai Khan’s Yurt in Yekhe Khüriye Yekhe Khüriye, Mongolia late 19th century Aleksei Pozdneev (Russian, 1851–1920)
Bat-Tsagaan Assembly Hall Yekhe Khüriye, Mongolia mid-17th century Zanabazar (1635–1723)
Begtse (Jamsran) Mongolia late 19th century Gendendamba (late 19th–early 20th century)
Black Cloak Mahakala Kham Province, eastern Tibet 18th century Situ Panchen (1700–1774)
Boddhisattva Avalokiteshvara Nepal 6th–7th century
Bodhisattva China 13th century
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara/Padmapani Arabkhanchina; Swat Kingdom (present-day Swat District, Pakistan) 7th–8th 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
Bungama Lokeshvara in [of] Nepal Depicted as a Conventional Avalokiteshvara Nepal 1701
Celestial Musician (Kinnara) Playing a Pipa (Lute) Tibetan Empire 608–866
Central Buddha Sculpture Khewang Lhakhang, Phobjikha, Bhutan date unknown
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