Three clusters of portraits centered on white-skinned deity in dancing pose hover above mountainous landscape
Refuge Field with Machik Labdron (1055–1153)
Bird’s-eye view of golden-roofed palace complex surrounded by gardens with image of blue-skinned Buddha at center
Medicine Buddha Palace (copy of first painting from the set of the Tibetan Medical Paintings from Mentsikhang Lhasa)
Silver religious implement with turquoise accents; ball and chain attached to rotating cylinder mounted on wooden handle
Handheld Prayer Wheel
The Stages of Nepalese Lost-Wax Metal Casting
Stupa and multitude of deity portraits hover above landscape at top two-thirds; two scenes featuring throngs of figures at bottom third
Chariot Ritual (Bhimaratha Pata)
Religious implement in shape of crossed vajras: four open spheres formed by curved prongs connected by central closed sphere
Crossed Vajra
Avalokiteshvara
Black and white print depicting woman clasping tree branch under cloud-filled sky amidst buildings and garden
Buddha’s Birth, from a set of the Twelve Deeds of the Buddha, Print from a woodblock
Colorful painting depicting woman clasping tree branch under cloud-filled sky amidst buildings and garden
Birth of the Buddha, from a set of the Twelve Deeds of the Buddha, after a carved woodblock
Rectangular ink-stained woodblock incised with dense text and image; lozenge-shaped handle at top
Woodblock for printing prayer flag
Lama wearing saffron robe seated on blue-cushioned throne with hands posed in mudras at chest
Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye (1813-1899)
Two Bodhisattvas glance at one another while seated on lotus platforms before pagoda-roofed structure
Bodhisattvas Maitreya and Manjushri in Tushita Pure Realm
Golden filigreed saddle featuring turquoise insets; upholstered in blue, yellow, and red roundel-pattern textile
Project Himalayan Art 108 Object EssaysA Progressive Tibetan Aristocrat’s Traditional Equestrian Equipment
Saddle Made for Yuthok Tashi Dhondup
Derge, Kham region, southeastern Tibet; ca. 1943–1947
Golden nimbus-shaped box; features floral scrollwork around border and inset textile square with blue, white, green, and red quadrants
Project Himalayan Art 108 Object EssaysPortable Sacred Items for Pragmatic and Transcendent Goals
Amulet Box (Gau) with Its Contents
Kathmandu, Nepal; first decade of the 21st century
Eight photographs record progressive melt of ice statue depicting a buddha in water near lakeshore
Project Himalayan Art 108 Object EssaysTibetan Artists’ Contemporary Practices
Ice Buddha
Lhasa, U region, central Tibet (TAR, China); 2006
Woman viewed in profile dips applicator into yellow cosmetic vessel; five lines of Tibetan text at bottom
Project Himalayan Art 108 Object Essays

Tibet’s First Modern Artist

Gendun Chopel’s Woman Applying Kohl
India; ca. 1940

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