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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

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

Project Himalayan Art 108 Object Essays

Tibet’s First Modern Artist

Gendun Chopel’s Woman Applying Kohl

India; ca. 1940

Red garment with vertical blue-and-gold stripes, fastened under left arm, hangs on rod with sleeves outstretched

Project Himalayan Art 108 Object EssaysPrecious Fabrics in the Buddhist Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan: Symbols of Identity, Prestige, and Prosperity

Bhutanese Men’s Garment (Gho)

Bhutan; 1970–1980

Monumental statue depicting figure in saffron robe seated on pedestal featuring two animals and golden decoration

Project Himalayan Art 108 Object EssaysThe Mega-Sized Guru that Presides over the Hidden Land

Monumental Statue of Guru Rinpoche

Samdruptse, Namchi, Sikkim, India; 2004

Close view of polychrome butter sculpture depicting blue-skinned deity seated before nimbus of flowers and mythological creatures

Project Himalayan Art 108 Object EssaysRitual Offerings Connecting Humans and Deities

Tormas

Labrang Monastery, Amdo region, eastern Tibet (Gansu Province, China); 2006–2014

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