Spiral Spiral

Photograph of hilltop temple featuring red central structure and white outer structure above smaller white buildings
View of Putuo Zongcheng Temple
Chengde, China 1767–1771
Bodhisattva flanked by attendants seated before pagoda-roofed structure emerging from forested white-stone mound
Avalokiteshvara in His Potala Pure Land
Tibet late 18th–early 19th century
Three sculptures depicting seated figures situated in small green niche; middle figure adorned with prayer scarf
Padmasambhava Triad in Custom-Made Shrine
Ghami Palace, Mustang, Nepal 18th century
Mural depicting monarch at right with family members and attendants arranged to his left
Detail of The Altan Khan’s Family
Back Shrine of the Main Assembly Hall, Maidari-yin Juu, Inner Mongolia, China 18th century
Tea-brown page with red border featuring Tibetan text and illuminations in color interspersed amongst text
Folios from a Biography of Milarepa
Tibet 17th–18th century
Sculpture depicting Yogi meditating in niche on side of green mountain with three snow-capped peaks
Milarepa (1040–1123) Meditating in a Mountain Kagyu Order
18th century
Deity at center of monumental stupa with lotus base surrounded by figures floating above verdant landscape
Ushnishavijaya
Tibet 18th century
Fearsome deity bearing crown of skulls standing before smoldering nimbus of flames surrounded by floating deity portraits
Panjarnatha Mahakala
Tibet 18th century
Sacred composition of concentric circles and squares featuring deity at center surrounded by multitude of figures and symbols
Vasudhara Mandala
Nepal dated 1777 (Samvat 897)
Wide view of gray stone building featuring square base with repeated horizontal moldings and multiple pagodas on roof
Wutasi, the Five Pagoda Temple
Höhhot, Inner Mongolia 1732
Close view of screened window featuring forced-perspective frame and densely carved semicircular pediment
Deshay Maru Jhya (Deshay Maru Jhya (Window without an Equal)
Yetakha tol; Kathmandu, Nepal ca. 18th century
Black and white image of painting on cloth depicting deity and worshippers enclosed in architectural feature; Sanskrit text flanks illustration
Bungama Lokeshvara in [of] Nepal Depicted as a Conventional Avalokiteshvara
Nepal 1701
Philosopher seated at left gazes at mountainous landscape dotted with magnificent buildings and groups of figures
Life Story of Tsongkhapa (1357–1419)
Siddha holds left hand to back of head as he floats above rocky landscape dotted with buildings and groups of figures
Milarepa and Scenes from His Life
Wrathful deity holds wheel decorated with five main scenes and multitude of smaller images, scenes, and portraits
Wheel of Existence
Painting on beige textile depicting three full-body anatomical studies featuring écorché at right
Medical Painting of Minor Connecting Blood Vessels or Capillaries, Illustration to the Medical Treatise The Blue Beryl, Chapter 4
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