Page 2 | 14th century | Project Himalayan Art

Three-faced, four-armed Bodhisattva wearing red dhoti and delicate green sash sits before rainbow nimbus

Avalokiteshvara-Amoghapasha

Segoma Lhakhang, Zhalu Monastery; Tsang region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) 14th century

Mural program featuring mandala above lintel and two fearsome deities before fiery nimbuses flanking doorway

The Akshobya Mandala and White and Blue Achala

Segoma Lhakhang, Zhalu Monastery; Tsang region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) 14th century

Mural depicting five Buddhas with yellow, blue, white, red, and green skin enthroned among deity portraits

The Five Jina Buddhas

Segoma Lhakhang, Zhalu Monastery; Tsang region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) 14th century

Scene featuring dynamically posed nude figures gathering around robed figure and tiered structure within garden setting

Jataka of the Bodhisattva Sonam Tob (Story 90); north wall of the ground-floor circumambulatory passage

Zhalu Monastery; Tsang District, central Tibet 14th century

Seated Bodhisattva

China late 13th–14th century

Fragment of page featuring vertical lines of Mongolian script framed by black border on light brown paper

Subhasitaratnanidhi (Treasury of Good Sayings) Mongolian translation in phags pa (square script)

Khocho 13th–14th century

Full view sepia photograph of tall white stupa against background of gently sloping mountains

White Stupa, known as Precious Stupa of Great Compassion and Longevity, and its surroundings

Great Precious Stupa Cloister Monastery; Mount Wutai, Shanxi Province, China 1301, renovated in 1407

Chabui (r); album leaf from Album of the Bust Portraits of Yuan Empresses (Yuandai hou banshen xiang shou ce 元代后半身像手冊)

probably Daidu (Beijing), China Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)

Mottled copper religious implement in stupa shape with canopy and lotus blossom at top

Kadampa-style Reliquary Stupa

Tibet 13th or 14th century

At left, page featuring Chinese script; at right, three-quarter portrait of bearded man; framed and separated by yellow border

Qubilai Khan; album leaf from Album of the Bust Portraits of Yuan Emperors (Yuandai di banshen xiang ce 元代帝半身像冊)

probably Daidu (Beijing), China Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)

Holy man wearing brilliant red robe seated on green outcropping underneath tree; flanked by Chinese text and seals

Red-Robed Monk of the Western Regions

1304 Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322)

Mandala featuring yellow, red, green, and blue quadrants; arched registers at top and bottom feature miniature seated figures

Vajradhatu (Diamond Realm) Mandala

central Tibet 14th century

Four portraits arranged in square depicting figures seated on lotus pedestals with nimbuses of red and gold

Vajradhara, Nairatmya, and Mahasiddhas Virupa and Kanha

central Tibet ca. 1450

Gilded statuette of figure wearing dhoti seated on lotus pedestal with right arm and knee raised

Virupa

China Yongle period (1402–1424)

Golden statuette depicting two deities locked in embrace and surrounded by sculptural, billowing sashes

Chakrasamvara in Union with Vajravarahi

central Tibet ca. 1386

Black and white photograph of tapered structure surrounded at base by registers of decoration and deity statues

Detail of Second Tashi Gomang

Densatil Monastery, U region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) erected from 1360 for Drakpa Gyeltsen Pietro Francesco Mele (Italian, born ca. 1924)

Spiral Spiral

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