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Mandala in rust-reds and greens featuring vajra-pointed inner circle and deity portraits at corners

Mandala of Chakrasamvara

Detail of painting depicting Enlightened Teacher in brocade robe tending to head of figure crouching at right

Tarnished copper sculpture depicting many-armed and -headed deity standing with feet planted firmly apart

Golden statue depicting seated Buddha holding bowl in lap, left hand touching ground

Buddha Shakyamuni

Fearsome deity locked in embrace with consort amid multitude of deity portraits arranged in grid pattern

Project Himalayan Art 108 Object EssaysA Microcosm of the Bon Religion

Bon Deity Trowo Tsochok Khagying

Tibet; 15th century

Black and white photograph of Buddha standing with right hand raised in mudra situated in brickwork niche

Project Himalayan Art 108 Object EssaysChallenges in Dating Nepalese Stone Sculpture

Standing Buddha Shakyamuni Donated by Lundeva

Kathmandu, Nepal; 15th century,commissioned in a 9th–10th-century style

Three brown pages featuring line-drawn illustrations: at top and center, deities on horseback; at bottom, group portrait

Project Himalayan Art 108 Object EssaysThe earliest dated Newar artist’s sketchbook

Jivarama’s Sketchbook

Tibet (and Nepal?); 1435

Blue-skinned goddess wearing flowing, extravagant garments dances while playing small string instrument

Project Himalayan Art 108 Object EssaysThe Style of Upper Western Tibet under Gelukpa Patronage

Murals at Toling Dukhang “Ornament of the World”

Toling Monastery, Guge Kingdom, Ngari region, western Tibet (present-day TAR, China); 15th century (ca. 1424–1458)

Gilded statuette depicting bodhisattva with blue hair seated between two blossoms; cheek rests on right hand

Project Himalayan Art 108 Object EssaysImperial Tibetan Buddhist Statues under the Yongle and Xuande Reigns of the Ming Dynasty

Pensive Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara

Nanjing or Beijing, China; Yongle period (1403–1424)

Golden burial mask with abstracted features wearing rectangular headdress depicting animal and architectural forms; it rests on decayed silk

Project Himalayan Art 108 Object Essays

A Window onto Early Himalayan Artistic and Mortuary Practices

Gold Burial Mask with Engraved Figures

Guge, Ngari region, western Tibet; Protohistoric period (ca. 2nd or 1st century BCE)

Seated Buddha and attendants assembled in circle look upon beasts being slain by two figures

Project Himalayan Art 108 Object Essays

Reexamining Khyentse Chenmo and His Painting Tradition

Murals of Gongkar Chode

Gongkar Chode Monastery, Lhoka, U region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China); 1464–1476

Aerial wide view of building complex in square shape; dozens of constituent structures with sloping, tiled roofs

Project Himalayan Art 108 Object Essays

A Ming Dynasty Monastery at the Sino-Tibetan Frontier

Qutan Monastery (Drotsang Dorje Chang)

Drotsang, Tsongkha, Amdo region, eastern Tibet (present-day Ledu county, Qinghai Province, China); 1392–1427

Group at left faces larger than life-size figure and attendants at right against rust-red background

Project Himalayan Art 108 Object Essays

Carrying Out Acts of Service in the Buddhist Community

Nepalese Paubha Commemorating the Death of Pandita Vanaratna

Gopicandra Monastery, Patan, Nepal; 1469

Stepped pyramid structure featuring articulated eaves topped with short cylindrical tower and golden conical ornament with canopy

Project Himalayan Art 108 Object Essays

An Architectural Representation of Complete Tantric Knowledge

Gyantse Kumbum

Pelkhor Chode Monastery, Gyantse, Tsang region, central Tibet (present-day TAR); ca. 1427–1442