Art

Four-Armed Mahakala
Tibet, 18th century
Avalokiteshvara, according to the practice tradition of Emperor Songtsen Gampo (617-650)
Central Tibet, 13th century
Girl Herder
Lhasa, Tibet, 2006
Painting with large central figure seated on lotus blossom surrounded by temple above and people and elephants below.
Tonpa Shenrab with Episodes from His Life
Amdo Region, Eastern Tibet, 18th - 19th century
Black-and-white image of bright white snow-covered mountain rising from valley between two darker peaks lightly covered with snow.
Kailash #75
Tibet, 2000
Painting of large seated robed figure surrounded by smaller figures, some seated and some standing.
Physician Yutok Yonten Gonpo (1126-1202)
Central Tibet, late 17th century
Horizontal painting with five seated figures in a circle with three horizontal rows of figures on either side
Bon Protector Deities of Funerary Rituals
Gyelrong, Amdo Region, Eastern Tibet, 18th century
Painting of seated figure with red and saffrom robes surrounded nby smaller figures and buildings mounted on vertical strip of patterned blue fabric.
Fifth Dalai Lama (1617–1682) with Episodes from His Life
U Region, Central Tibet, 18th century
Painting of large seated figure with colorful robes surrounded by smaller figures above and below mounted on vertical strip of golden patterned fabric.
Treasure Revealer Terdak Lingpa (1646–1714)
Mindroling monastery, Tsang Province, Central Tibet, early 18th century
Wrathful Offerings
Tibet, 19th century
Wrathful Shrine Doors
Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, ca.19th century
Yama Dharmaraja with Consort Yami
Tibet, 18th century
Yellow Jambhala
Tibet, 17th century
Yogini Nairatmya
Tibet, 17th century
Yungton Dorje Pel (1284 1365) (After Choying Gyatso’s (active ca.1640s-1660s) set of previous incarnations of the Panchen Lamas)
Central Tibet, 19th century
Vajra
Tibet, 18th century
Vajrabhairava Mandala
Ngor Ewam Choden Monastery, Tsang Province, Central Tibet, ca. 1515-1535
Vajrabhairava with Consort Vajravetali
Central Tibet, late 18th century
Vajradhara
Tibet, 18th century
Vajradhara
Tibet, 16th century
Vajradhara
Tibet, 18th century
Vajradhara and the Great Adepts (Mahasiddhas)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, late 18th-early 19th century
Vajradhara with consort
Tibet, 14th century
Vajradhara with Eighty-Five Great Adepts (Mahasiddhas)
Western Tibet, 15th century
Vajrakilaya of the Eight Pronouncements
Tibet, 18th century
Vajrapani
Tibet, 18th century
Vajrapani (From Situ's set of Eight Great Bodhisattvas)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Vajrapani Trampling Snakes
Eastern India or Western Tibet, 10th-11th century
Vajrasattva
Tibet, 19th century
Vajrasattva
Central Tibet, 13th century
Vajra Scepter
Tibet, 16th century
Vajravarahi
Tibet, 20th century
Vajravarahi
Tibet, 19th century
Vajrayogini
Tibet, 17th century
Vajrayogini
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 18th century
Vajrayogini
Tibet, 18th century
Vajrayogini
Tibet, 17th century
Vasudhara and Hvashang
Tibet, 17th century
Vulnerable Points: Anterior Views (chapter 4 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Vulnerable Points: Posterior View (chapter 4 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Water bowl
Tibet, 18th - 20th century
Wealth Deity Shingkyong Raggyel
Chamdo Champaling Monastery, Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, ca. 1860
Wheel of Life
Tibet, 18th century
Wheel of Life
Tibet, early 20th century
Wheel of Life
Tibet or Mongolia, 19th century
White Chakrasamvara, From Situ’s set of Twenty-seven Tutelary Deities
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, late 18th century
White Channels (chapter 4 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
White Manjushri
Tibet, 19th century
White Tara
Tibet, 18th century
White Tara
Tibet, 15th century
White Tara with Long Life Deities
Tibet, 19th century
Wondrous Synopsis of the Humours, Human catagories - Indications of Physical Decay (chapters 5 - 7)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Transmission teachers of the Medical Knowledge
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Treatment of Absolute and Karmic Diseases Similes associated with The Four Tantras (chapter 27 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Tsangnyon Heruka (1452-1507)
Tsang or Ngari Province, Tibet, 16th-17th century
Tsangpa Karpo
Tibet, 17th century
Tsongkhapa (1357-1419)
Tibet, 16th century
Tsongkhapa (1357-1419)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Tsongkhapa (1357-1419)
U Province, Central Tibet, 19th century
The Twelve Deeds of the Buddha: Renunciation
Tibet, late 19th - early 20th century
Two Arhats, Pantaka and Gopaka
Tibet, 17th century
Two General Methods of Treatment (chapters 29 - 35)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Two Indian and Four Tibetan Masters
Tibet, early 13th century
Unidentified Lama (Teacher)
Tibet, 18th century
Unidentified Lama (Teacher)
Tibet, 15th or 16th century
Unidentified Lama (Teacher), possibly Second Dalai Lama, Gedun Gyatso (1476–1542)
Tibet, 18th century
Unidentified Religious Master
Tibet, 16th century-17th century
Unidentified Teacher of the Bon Tradition
Tibet, 14th century
Urinalysis III Pathological signs - Impending deth - Demonic Possession (chapter 2 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Urinalysis II Urine indicative of Health and disease (chapter 2 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Urinalysis IV Demonic possession - Divination (chapter 2 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Urinalysis V Demonic Possession - Divination (chapter 2 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Ushnishavijaya
Tibet, 15th or 16th century
Ushnishavijaya
Tibet, 18th century
Ushnishavijaya
Tibet, 17th century
Vairochana, from a Set of Initiation Cards (Tsakali)
Tibet, ca. 14th century
Vaishravana, King of the Northern Direction
Tibet, 15th century
Vaishravana Retinue Figure
Tibet, 16th century
Takla Membar
Tibet, 19th century
Tall Offering Table
Tibet, 19th century
Tangtong Gyelpo (1361-1485 or 1385-1446/58)
Tibet, 19th century
Tara
Tibet, 18th century
Tara, as a Great Yogini, After a Set of Paintings “Twenty-seven Tantric Deities” designed by Situ Panchen (1700-1774)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Tara as Protectress from the Eight Fears
Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Tara in her Pure Realm
Tibet, 19th century
Tara in Her Pure Realm, Khadiravana
Tibet, 19th century
Tara Protecting from the Eight Fears
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Tara Protecting from the Eight Fears
Kham Province, Southeastern Tibet, late 19th - early 20th century
Taste - Potency: gemstones and Minerals (chapters 19 & 20)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Tea Bowl made of dzab root and silver lid
Central Tibet, 19th - 20th century
Tea Bowl with Silver Lid
Central Tibet, 19th - 20th century
Tea Bowl with Stand and Lid
Tibet, 19th - 20th century
Temple Banner with Seven Symbols of Royal Power and Offerings
Tibet, 19th century
Tenth Zhamar, Mipam Chodrup Gyatso (1742-1792)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, late 18th - 19th century
Text and Illuminations of the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Intermediate State (Bardo)
Tibet, ca. 15th century
Text and Illuminations of the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Intermediate State (Bardo)
Tibet, ca. 15th century
Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339) and Other Luminaries of the Rime "Non-Sectarian" Movement
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Third Pawo Rinpoche, Tsuklak Gyatso (1568-1630) with his Handprints and Footprints
Tibet, early to mid-17th century
Thirteenth Karmapa, Dudul Dorje (1733-1797)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Three-Bladed Ritual Peg (kila, purba)
Tibet, ca. 17th century
Three Mahasiddhas, Kamala, Suvarnadvipa, Viraya
Tibet, ca. 17th century
Tibetan Amethyst Prayer Beads
Tibet, 19th century
Tibetan Bodhiseed Prayer Beads
Tibet, 19th century
Tibetan Book Stand
Tibet, mid-20th century
Tibetan Cabinet with Embossed Gold Dragon motif
Tibet, 20th century
Tibetan cabinet with Embossed Zeebag motif
Tibet, early 20th century
Tibetan Cabinet with Gold Dragon and Phoenix motifs
Tibet, 20th century
Tibetan Elephant Stomach Prayer Beads
Tibet, 19th century
Tibetan Human Bone Prayer Beads
Tibet, 18th or 19th century
Tibetan Mother of Pearl Prayer Beads
Tibet, 19th century
Tibetan Sheep Bone Prayer Beads
Tibet, date unknown
Tiger Riding Mahakala
Central Tibet, Early 19th century
Tongue Diagnosis - Tranquillizing Agents - Oil Therapy (chapter 2 - 13)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Senge Dradok, one of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 18th century
Seven Ishvaris (Animal-Headed Yoginis); Text and Illuminations of the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Intermediate State (Bardo)
Tibet, ca. 15th century
Seven Ishvaris (Animal-Headed Yoginis); Text and Illuminations of the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Intermediate State (Bardo)
Tibet, ca. 15th century
Seven Ishvaris (Animal-Headed Yoginis); Text and Illuminations of the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Intermediate State (Bardo)
Tibet, ca. 15th century
Seventh Dalai Lama (1708–1757) and His Preincarnations
Tibet, 18th century
Shadakshari Lokeshvara
Western Tibet, 15th century
Shakyamuni Buddha
Tibet, 19th century
Sharabha; fragment of a throne frame
Nepal or Tibet, 14th - 15th century
Sherab Chamma, “Loving Mother of Wisdom”
Tibet, 19th century
Shri Devi, Dorje Rabtenma
Tibet, 15th century
Shrine Cabinet (Chosham)
Tibet, Second half of 20th century
Shrine Stand (Butter Lamp Stand)
Tibet, 18th century
Sitatapatra
Tibet, dated 1864
Situ Panchen (1700-1774); From a Palpung set of Masters of the Combined Kagyu Lineages
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, late 18th century, ca. 1760s
Situ Panchen as Patron of the Avadana Set, After Situ’s set of The Wish-granting Vine Series of One Hundred and Eight Morality Tales
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Six-Armed Mahakala
Tibet, 15th century
Six-armed Mahakala
Tibet, 14th century
Six-Armed Mahakala
Tibet, 18th century
Six-Armed White Mahakala
Central Tibet, late 18th – early 19th century
Six-syllable Avalokiteshvara rescuing from the Eight Fears
Western Tibet, late 15th century - early 16th century
Sixth Zhamar, Garwang Chokyi Wangchuk (1584-1630); From a Pelpung set of Masters of the Combined Kagyu Lineages
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, late 18th century
Skull cup with Base
Tibet, 18th - 20th century
Smashana Adipati, Lords of the Charnel Ground
Tibet, 15th century
Snake Spine Prayer Beads with Conch Button and One Metal Counter
Tibet, 19th century
Songtsen Gampo (ruled 617-650) (From a set of the previous lives of the Dalai Lamas)
Tibet, 19th century
Storage Chest
Tibet, 17th century (possibly 16th century)
Storage Chest
Tibet, 16th-17th century
Storage Chest
Tibet, 17th century
Storage Chest
Tibet, 16th/17th century
Stories of Noble Deeds (Avadana)
Central Tibet, late 18th-19th century
Stories of Previous Lives of the Buddha (Jataka)
Tibet, 18th century
Stories of the Noble Deeds (Avadana), After a Set Designed by Situ Panchen (1700–1774) Illustrating Kshemendra’s Avadanakalpanada
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Stories of the Previous Lives of the Buddha (Jataka)
Eastern Tibet, Late 17th-18th century
Stupa
Tibet, 13th century
Stupa
Tibet, 13th century
Stupa
Tibet, 13th-14th century
Supplementary Materia Medica I (chapter 20 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Supplementary Materia Medica II (chapter 20 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Supplementary Materia Medica III (chapter 20 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Table with two drawers decorated with phoenix motif
Tibet, ca. mid-19th century
Red-and-Black-Faced Yamari, "Blazing Razor of Extreme Repelling"
Tibet, ca. late 17th century
Red Avalokiteshvara
Nepal or Tibet, dated by inscription, 1871
Red Avalokiteshvara
Tibet or Nepal, 19th century
Red Avalokiteshvara
Tibet, 19th century
Red Ganapati, One of the Three Great Red Deities
Tsang Provence, Central Tibe, 16th century
Refuge Field with Machik Labdron (1055-1153)
Tibet, early 20th century
Stupa
Tibet, 14th century
Renunciation, from a set of the Twelve Deeds of the Buddha, After a woodblock carved in Derge, Kham region, eastern Tibet, composition attributed to Purbu Tsering of Chamdo (active ca. late 19th century)
Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, 20th century
Ritual Bone Apron
Tibet/Nepal, 18th - 19th century
Ritual Cabinet (Torgam)
Tibet, 19th century
Ritual dagger (kila, purba)
Tibet, 17th century
Ritual Peg (purba)
Tibet, 17th century
Rock Crystal Prayer Beads
Tibet, Date unknown
Rongzom Chokyi Zangpo (1012-1088)
Eastern Tibet, 18th century
The Root of Diagnosis (chapter 4)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
The Root of Physiology and Pathology (chapters 2 & 3)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
The Root of Treatment (chapters 5 & 6)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Rudraksha Prayer Beads
Tibet, 19th century
Rudraksha Prayer Beads
Tibet, Date unknown
Rug
Tibet, 19th - 20th century
Rug
Tibet, 19th - 20th century
Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (1092-1158) with His Two Sons, Sonam Tsemo (1142-1182) and Drakpa Gyaltsen (1147-1216)
Ngari Province, Western Tibet, ca. 1500
Sacred Earthly Realms and Heavenly Paradises
Central Tibet, 17th century
Saddle
Tibet or Mongolia, 18th - 19th century
Sakya Pandita (1182-1251) and Chogyel Phakpa (1235-1280) with Mahakala Lineage Masters
Central Tibet, 17th - 18th century
Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyelsten (1182-1251) (After Choying Gyatso’s (active ca.1640s-1660s) set of previous incarnations of the Panchen Lamas)
Tsang Province, Central Tibet, 18th century
Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyeltsen (1182-1251)
Tibet, 16th century
Samantabhadra (From Situ's set of Eight Great Bodhisattvas)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Sanggye Sengge (1504-1569)
Ngor Ewam Choden Monastery, Tsang Province, Central Tibet, 1580s-1590s
Sarvavid Vairochana
China (or Eastern Tibet), ca. 19th century
Sarvavid Vairochana Mandala
Tibet, 17th century
Scenes from the Life of Jamyang Tutob Wangchuk (1588-1637)
Tibet, 17th century
Scenes from the Life of Jamyang Tutob Wangchuk (1588-1637)
Tibet, 17th century
Scenes from the Life of Jamyang Tutob Wangchuk (1588-1637)
Tibet, 17th century
Scenes from the Life of Jamyang Tutob Wangchuk (1588-1637)
Tibet, 17th century
Scenes from the Life of Jamyang Tutob Wangchuk (1588-1637)
Tibet, 17th century
Scenes from the Life of Jamyang Tutob Wangchuk (1588-1637)
Tibet, 17th century
Scenes from the Life of Jamyang Tutob Wangchuk (1588-1637)
Tibet, 17th or 18th century
Scenes from the Life of Padmasambhava
Tibet, 19th century
Scenes from the life of Padmasambhava
Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Scenes from the life of Padmasambhava
Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Perfection of Wisdom (Prajnaparmita) Sutra in Eight Thousand Verses, Woodblock Printed Book
Tibet, 2001
Phakmodrupa (1110–1170) with His Previous Incarnations and Episodes from His Life
Central Tibet, ca. 1272
Phakmo Drupa Dorje Gyelpo (1110-1170) with His Previous Incarnations and Episodes from His Life
Central Tibet, ca. 1270
Phakpa Lokeshvara of Lhasa
Tibet or Nepal, Date uncertain
Phoenix Eye Bodhiseed Prayer Beads
Tibet, 18th or 19th century
Phoenix Eye Bodhiseed Prayer Beads
Tibet, 20th century
Plateau and Herbal Medications (chapter 20 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Portrait of a Sakya Lama
Tibet, 18th century
Portrait of Tibetan Medical Master Yutok Yonten Gonpo (1126–1202)
Tibet, 19th century
The Potala Palace and the main Monuments of Lhasa
Tibet or Inner Mongolia, 18th - early 19th century (ca 1757-1804)
The Practicing Physician (chapter 31)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Pratisara, one of the Five Protector Goddesses
Central Tibet, possibly Densatil Monastery, mid-14th to mid-15th century
Prayer Beads
Tibet, 19th century
Prayer Wheel
Tibet, 19th - 20th century
Previous Lives of the Buddha
Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Primary and Secondary Causes of Death VIII Topographical Lines of the Channels: Anterior View (chapter 83)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Primary and Secondary Causes of Disease I Humoural Diseases - Indigestion - Tumours (chapters 2 - 7)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Primary and Secondary causes of Disease III Phases and Types of Fever (chapter 17 - 23)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Primary and Secondary Causes of Disease II Morbid Pallor - Oedemata - Dropsy - Fever (chapters 8 - 16)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Primary and Secondary Causes of Disease IV Contagious Fevers - Disease of the Head and Viscera (chapter 24 - 42)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Primary and Secondary Causes of Disease IX Topographical Lines of the Channels: Posterior View (chapter 83 - 86)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Primary and Secondary Causes of Disease VI Co-emerging Wounds - Paediatrics (chapters 65 - 73)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Primary and Secondary Causes of Disease VII Gynaecological Diseases - Demonic Possession
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Primary and Secondary causes of Disease V Miscellaneous Diseases - Co-emerging Wounds (chapters 43 - 64)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Primary and Secondary Causes of Disease XIII The Greater Elixir of Rejuvenation (chapter 90)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Primary and Secondary Causes of Disease XII Poisons (chapters 87 - 89)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Primary and Secondary Causes of Disease XI Localisation of the Purulence of the Viscera (chapter 85 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Primary and Secondary Causes of Disease XIV The Lesser Elixir of Rejuvenation - Virility and Fertility (chapter 90 - 92)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Primary and Secondary Causes of Disease X Localisation of the Viscera within the Trunk (chapter 85)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Prophylactics - Diagnosis - Therapeutic Principles (chapters 23 - 28)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Protective Astrological Chart
Tibet, late 18th or early 19th century
Protective Goddess in Peaceful and Wrathful Form
Central Tibet, 1790-1805
Pulse Examination III Pulse divination - Seven Astonishing Pulses (chapter 1 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Pulse Examination II Mother-Son & friend-Enemy Cycles - Pulse Divination (chapter 1 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Pulse Examination I Preparations - Pule Techniques and Types - Seasonal Pulses (chapter 1)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Pulse Examination IV Seven Astonishing Pulses (chapter 1 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Pulse Examination IX 7 Urinalysis I Life Essence Pulses - Preliminaries to Urinalysis (chapters 1 - 2)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Pulse Examination VI Astonishing Pulse Prognostications - Pulse Frequency (chapter 1 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Pulse Examination VIII death Pulses - Pulses indicative of demonic Possession (chapter 1 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Pulse Examination VII Pulse Frequency - General and Specific Pulses (chapter 1 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Pulse Examination V Seven Astonishing Pulses (chapter 1 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Rahula
Tibet, 15th century
Rahula and His Assembly
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Ratnasambhava, from a Set of Initiation Cards (Tsakali)
Tibet, ca. 14th century
Ratna Vajradhara
Tibet, 18th century
Moxibustion according to the King of the Moon treatise: Anterior View (chapter 21 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Moxibustion according to the King of the Moon treatise: Posterior View (chapter 21 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Moxibustion and Minor Surgery (chapters 21 - 25)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Nagarjuna and Aryadeva (After Situ Panchen’s (1700-1774) set of the Six Ornaments and Two Excellent Ones)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Namkhai Nyingpo (8th-9th century) Performing a Long-Life Ritual
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Namkha Pelzang (1398–1425)
Lhathok, Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 18th - 19th century
Nine-deity Hevajra Mandala
Central Tibet, 16th century
Nine-deity Mandala of Two-armed Hevajra
Tsang Provence, Central Tibet, 15th century
Ninth Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje (1555–1603)
Central Tibet, ca. 1590
Ninth Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje (1555-1603)
Tibet, 17th century
Nyima Oser, One of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava
Tibet, 18th century
Oboe (Gyaling)
Probably Central Tibet, early 20th century
Oboe (Gyaling)
Probably Central Tibet, early 20th century
Offering Table
Tibet, 13th-15th century
Offering Table
Tibet, 18th century
Offering Table
Tibet, 15th-17th century
Bodhisattvas Maitreya and Manjushri in Tushita Pure Realm
Tibet, early 20th century
Orgyen Dorje Chang, One of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava
Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Padmasambhava
Tibet, 18th century
Padmasambhava
Tibet, 15th century
Padmasambhava
Tibet, 18th century
Padmasambhava
Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Padmasambhava
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Padmasambhava
Tibet, 19th century
Padmasambhava
Tibet, late 19th century
Padmasambhava and His Eight Manifestations
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Padmasambhava and scenes from his life story
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 18th - 19th century
Padmasambhava and the Eight Great Mahasiddhas
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Padmasambhava (Following a set of the Great Adepts designed by Situ Panchen)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Padmasambhava in His Pure Realm, the Copper-Colored Mountain
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Padmasambhava, Pema Jungne
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, late 18th-19th century
Padmasambhava with deities of the Yang Ter tradition
Tibet, 18th century
Padmasambhava with his Eight Manifestations, Hayagriva, flanked by Yeshe Tsogyel, and Shantarakshita
Tibet, ca. 16th century
Padmasambhava with Lineage Teachers
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Page from a Perfection of Wisdom (Prajnaparamita) Sutra Manuscript
Tibet, ca. 13th-14th century
Page of the Perfection of Wisdom (Prajnaparamita) Sutra Manuscript
Tibet, ca. 13th-14th century
Palace of the Buddha, Bhaisajyaguru, Master of Remedies (chapter 1)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Panjaranatha Mahakala
Tibet, 15th century
Panjaranatha Mahakala
Tibet, 15th century
Panjaranatha Mahakala
Tibet, ca. 16th-17th century
Panjarnatha Mahakala
Central Tibet, early 18th century, ca. 1720
Panjarnatha Mahakala
Tibet, 18th century
A parcel-gilt silver ritual ewer
Tibet or Mongolia, 19th century
Past Lives of Shakyamuni BuddhaAfter Situ’s set of the Past Lives of Shakyamuni Buddha
Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Pathology (chapters 8 - 12)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Bardo
Tibet, 18th - 19th century
Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Bardo
Tibet, 19th century
Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Bardo
Tibet, 18th century
Pelden Lhamo Dusolma “Smoke-Clad Goddess”
Tibet, 14th century
Pema Gyelpo, One of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava
Eastern Tibet, early 20th century
Manjushri
Tibet, 19th century
Manjushri (From Situ's set of Eight Great Bodhisattvas)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Map of Drepung Monastery
Tibet or Nepal, Dated 1898
Medical Instruments
Tibet, Unknown
Medical Instruments (chapter 22)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Medical Painting of Minor Connecting Blood Vessels or Capillaries, illustration to the Medical treatise the Blue Beryl, chapter 4
Tibet, 18th century
Medical Painting on Prophylactics, Diagnosis, and Therapeutic Principles, illustration to the Medical treatise the Blue Beryl, chapters 23-28
Central Tibet, 19th century
Medicine Buddha, Bhaisajyaguru
Tibet, 18th - 19th century
Metaphors and Measurements of the Human Body (chapters 3 & 4)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Milarepa (1052-1135) and Scenes from His Life
Tibet, 18th century
Minor Connecting Blood Vessels or Capillaries (chapter 4 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Moon and Star Prayer Beads
Tibet, 19th century
Mother of Pearl Prayer Beads
Possibly Derge, Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, early 19th century
Mountain God Amnye Cha Kyung
Eastern Tibet, 18th century
Mountain God Kula Kari
Tibet, 19th century
Khedrup Lodoe Sengey
Tibet, 17th century
King of Shambhala, (From a Pelpung set of The Kalkin Kings of Shambhala)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 18th century
Knowledge of Dietetics (chapter 16)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Knowledge of Dietetics - Dietary Restrictions (chapters 16 - 18)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Kurukulla, Goddess of Power
Tibet, 18th century
Lama Chogyur Lingpa (1829-1870)
Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Lama Dampa Sonam Gyeltsen (1312-1375)
Tibet, 16th-17th centuries
Lama Performing a Long-Life Ritual
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Lama (Teacher)
Tibet, 17th - 18th century
Lama (Teacher) as a Mahasiddha
Tibet, 18th century
Lama (Teacher), Milarepa
Tibet, 18th century
Leg Bone Trumpet (Kang Ling)
Tibet, 18th-19th century
Lekden Mahakala
Tibet, Unknown
Life Story of Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 19th century
Life Story of Tsongkapa (1357-1419)
Tibet, 18th century
Loden Chokse, One of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Longchenpa Drime Ozer (1308-1363)
Tibet, 19th century
Long Horn (dung chen)
Tibet (possibly Derge), early 20th century
Long Horn (dung chen)
Tibet (possibly Derge), early 20th century
Long Life Vase (Tsebum)
Tibet, 20th century
Lords of the Charnel Ground, Smashana Adipati
Tibet, 18th century
Lowo Khenchen Sonam Lhundrup (1456-1532)
Mustang, Northwestern Nepal, ca. 1490-1540
Machik Labdron (1055–1153)
Tibet, ca. 16th - 17th century
Machik Labdron (1055-1153)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Machik Labdron (1055-1153)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Machik Labdron (1055-1153)
Western Tibet or Western Himalayas, ca. 16th century
Mahakala
Central Tibet, possibly Densatil Monastery, mid-14th to mid-15th century
Mahakala
Tibet, 17th century
Mahakala and Protector Deities
Central Tibet, early 19th century
Mahakala, Legden, Excellent One
Tibet, 15th century
Mahasiddha Avadhutipa
Tibet, 17th - 18th century
Mahasiddha Jalandhara
Tibet, ca. 16th century
Mahasiddha Naropa
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Mahasiddha Virupa
Gongkar Chode Monastery, U Province, Central Tibet, ca. 1659-1671
Maitreya
Tibet, 17th century
Maitreya (or Buddha Shakyamuni)
Tibet, 14th century
Maitreya, the Future Buddha
Tibet, ca. second quarter of 15th century
Makzor Gyelmo, Queen Who Repels Armies
Amdo Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Mandala of Akshobhya
Tibet, 16th century
Mandala of Amoghapasha
Northern Nepal or Tsang Province, Central Tibet, 15th century
Mandala of Chakrasamvara
Tibet, 14th-15th century
Mandala of Guhyasamaja-Akshobhyavajra
Tibet, 14th century
Mandala of Heruka Krishna Yamari
Tsang Province, Central Tibet, 15th century
Mandala of Hevajra
Tsang Province, Central Tibet, 17th century
Mandala of Manjushri Dharmadhatu Vagishvara
Tibet, 16th century (ca. 1500)
Mandala of Medicine Buddha
Central Tibet, 19th century
Mandala of Red Yamari
Tibet, ca. 1415-1435
Mandala of Vajrayogini
Tibet, 19th century
Manjushri
Western Tibet, 10th century
Manjushri
Tibet, 15th century
Human Cranium Prayer Beads
Tibet, 18th or 19th century
Human Cranium Prayer Beads
Tibet, 18th or 19th century
Human Embryology (chapters 1 & 2)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Illuminated Folio (Frontispiece) of the Perfection of Wisdom (Prajnaparmita) Sutra Manuscript
Western Tibet, 15th century
Illuminated Folio (Title Page) of the Perfection of Wisdom (Prajnaparmita) Sutra Manuscript
Western Tibet, 15th century
Illuminated Page from a Perfection of Wisdom (Prajnaparamita) Sutra Manuscript
Western Tibet, 12th century
Illuminated Page from a Perfection of Wisdom (Prajnaparamita) Sutra Manuscript
Western Tibet, 12th century
Illustrated White Beryl Elemental Divination Manuscript
Sakya Monastery, Tsang region, Central Tibet, mid-18th century
Incense Burner
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet (possibly Derge area), 15th century
Indian Master Shantarakshita (active 8th century) and Scenes from his Life
Tibet, 19th century
Indian Teacher Bhavaviveka, (from a set of previous incarnations of the Panchen Lamas)
Tibet, 18th century
Indications of Physical Decay - Dream Prognosis (chapter 7 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Indrabhuti, from a set of the Eight Great Adepts (Mahasiddhas)
Eastern Tibet, Kham Province, 19th century
Interconnecting Blood Vessels and Channels: Posterior View (chapter 4 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Interconnecting Blood Vessels: Anterior View (chapter 4 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Ivory Prayer Beads
Tibet, early 19th century
Ivory Prayer Beads
Tibet, early 19th century
Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye (1813-1899)
Eastern Tibet, early 20th century
Jatson Nyingpo (1585-1656)
Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Jikme Lingpa (1729-1798)
Tibet, 18th - 19th century
Kalachakra Cosmology Illustration
Tibet, 16th century
Kanha
Central Tibet, 16th century
Karmapa with his Footprints
Central Tibet, late 12th-early 13th century
Forest Goddess Parnashavari
Central Tibet, 19th century
Four Arhats
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Four-armed Avalokiteshvara
Tibet, 16th century
Four Male and Four Female Gatekeepers in Union; Text and Illuminations of the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Intermediate State (Bardo)
Tibet, ca. 15th century
Four Mandalas of the Vajravali Cycle
Ewam Choden Monastery, Tsang Province, Central Tibet, 1429-1456
Fourth Demo Rinpoche, Lhawang Gyeltsen (1631–1668)
Tibet or China, Dated by inscription, 1667
Fourth Zhamar, Chodrak Yeshe Pelzang (1453 1524), and Scenes from His Life
Central Tibet, 16th century
Fragment of a Bon Throne Back
Tibet, 14th century
Frontispiece from The Great Destroyer of the Thousand Foes (Mahasahasrapramardani) Sutra Manuscript
Tibet, ca. 13th-14th century
Geluk Refuge Field
Tibet, 19th century
Geluk Teacher Champa Tashi
Central Tibet, 16th century
Goddess Ushnishavijaya in Stupa
Tsang Province, Central Tibet, 15th century
Green Tara
Tibet, 15th century
Green Tara
Tibet, 17th century
Green Tara
Tibet, 13th century
Green Tara
Central Tibet, 14th century
Green Tara
Tibet, 18th century
Green Tara
Tibet, 15th century
Green Tara
Tibet, ca. 18th century
Green Tara
Tibet, 19th century
Green Tara as Protectress from the Eight Fears
Tibet or Mongolia, 19th century
Green Tara as Protectress from the Eight Fears
Central Tibet, 19th century
Green Tara as Protectress from the Eight Fears-Drowning
Central Tibet, 19th century
Guhyasamaja Akshobhvajra with Consort
Tibet, 15th century
Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra
Central Tibet, early 17th century (ca. 1604)
Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra with Consort Sparshavajra
Tibet, 19th century
Guhyasamaja with Consort
Tibet, 15th century
Guru Drakpo, a Wrathful Form of Padmasambhava
Tibet, 20th century
Gyelse Tokme Zangpo (1295-1369) and scenes from his life
Tibet, 18th century
Hand-held Drum (Damaru)
Tibet, early 20th century
Hand-held Drum (Damaru)
Tibet or Mongolia, early 20th century
Handheld Prayer Wheel
Central Tibet, Early 20th century
Hayagriva
Tibet or Mongolia, 18th century
Herbal and Animal Medications (chapter 20 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Herbal Medications (chapter 20 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Herbal Medications (chapter 20 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Heruka (Lama Gongdu cycle)
Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Hevajra
Tibet, 19th-20th century
Hevajra with consort Nairatmya
Central Tibet, mid-15th-16th century
Hevajra with consort Nairatmya
Tibet or China, 19th century
Hevajra with Consort Nairatmya
Tibet or Nepal, 14th or 16th - 17th century
Human Bone Prayer Beads
Tibet, 18th or 19th century
Human Cranium Prayer Beads
Tibet, Date unknown
Fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso (1617 1682)
Tibet, 17th century
The Fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobzang Gyatso (1617-1682) with Previous Incarnations
Central Tibet, 18th century
The Fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lopsang Gyatso (1617-1682)
Tibet, 17th century
Fifth Shamar, Konchok Yanglak (1526–1583)
Tibet, 16th century
File from a Ritual File Set
Tibet, 16th century
File from a Ritual File Set
Tibet, 16th century
Finger Bone Prayer Beads
Tibet, Date unknown
First Panchen Lama, Lobzang Chokyi Gyaltsen (1570-1662)(After Choying Gyatso’s (active ca.1640s-1660s) set of previous incarnations of the Panchen Lamas)
Tsang Province, Central Tibet, 18th century
Five Arhats: Ajita, Kalika, Vanavasin, Vajriputra, Bhadra
Tibet, 18th century
Five-Colored Silk; Text and Illuminations of the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Intermediate State (Bardo)
Tibet, ca. 15th century
Five Cosmogenic Elements; Text and Illuminations of the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Intermediate State (Bardo)
Tibet, ca. 15th century
Five Female Buddhas; Text and Illuminations of the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Intermediate State (Bardo)
Tibet, ca. 15th century
Five Personal Gods
Tibet, 18th Century
Flat Turquoise Prayer Beads
Tibet, 20th century
Flying Naga
Nepal or Tibet, 14th century
Buddha Shakyamuni and Stories of his Previous Lives
Tibet, mid-late 14th century
Buddha Shakyamuni and the Sixteen Arhats
Tibet, 15th century
Buddha Shakymuni and scenes from his life
Tsang Province, Central Tibet, second half of the 14th century
Buddhashri Sanggye Pel (1339–1419) Surrounded by the Yogachara lineage Masters of the bodhisattva vow
Ngor Ewam Choden Monastery, Tsang Province, Central Tibet, ca. 1515-1535
Buddha Vajradhara with the Great Tantric Masters (Mahasiddhas)
Central Tibet, 15th century
Butter Lamp
Tibet, 18th century
Butter Lamp
Tibet, 18th - 20th century
Butter Lamp
Tibet, 18th - 20th century
Canopy of a Mahakala Yantra
Tibet, 18th–19th century
Cathartic Procedures and Bloodletting (chapters 18 - 20)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Cathartic Procedures (chapter 14 - 17)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Ceremonial Conch Trumpet (Dung Kar)
Tibet, 19th century (?)
Chakrasamvara and the Footprints of Drigungpa Jikten Sumgon (1143–1217)
Tibet, prior to 1217
Chakrasamvara in Union with Consort Vajravarahi
Central Tibet, 14th century
Chakrasamvara with Consort
Tibet, 15th century
Chakrasamvara with Consort Vajravarahi
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Chogyel Phakpa (1235–1280) initiating Qubilai Khan (1215–1294)
Tibet, ca. 16th-17th century
Coconut Shell Prayer Beads
Tibet, early 20th century
The Collected Works of Lochen Gyurme Dechen (1540-1615), Volume 2
Tibet, dated no later than 1635
Compounding of Medications I (chapter 21)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Compounding of Medications II (chapter 21 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Compress - Fomentation - Ointments - Minor Surgery (chapters 22 - 25)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Conch Shell Prayer Beads
Tibet, Date unknown
Concluding Summary of the Four Tantras Treatment of Ostensible and Imaginary Diseases (chapters 26 - 27)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Conduct (chapters 13 - 15)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Copy of the Sandalwood Buddha (rgya nag gi tsandan jo bo)
Tibet, 18th century
Coral Prayer Beads
Tibet, 19th century
Course of the Lifespan Principle (chapter 4 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Dancing Ganapati
Tibet, 17th century
Decree by the Seventh Dalai Lama (1708–1757)
Lhasa, U Province, Central Tibet, 1743
The Demoness of Tibet
Tibet, Early 20th century
Dorje Drolo, One of Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Dorje Drolo, One of Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava
Bhutan or Central Tibet, 18th century
Dorje Lekpa
Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Double Vajra
Tibet, 20th century
Drakpa Gyeltsen (1147-1216) and Sakya Pandita (1182-1251)
Central Tibet, ca. 15th century
Dralha Yesi Gyelpo
Tibet, 19th century
Drenpa Namka
Tibet, 15th century
Drenpa Namkha (ca. 8th century)
Amdo Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Drigungpa Jikten Sumgon
Tibet, 13th - 14th century
Drokmi Lotsawa Shakya Yeshe (992/3 - 1043/1072)
Tibet, 17th century
Dromton (1004/05-1064)
Tibet, ca. 18th-19th century
Drum (Nga)
Tibet, Mid-19th century
Earth, Wood, Nectarous and Plateau Medications (chapter 20 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Eight Female Bodhisattvas; Text and Illuminations of the Hundred Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Intermediate State (Bardo)
Tibet, ca. 15th century
Eight Great Tantric Adepts (From a Pelpung Monastery eleven-painting set of The Eighty-four Great Tantric Adepts)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Eighth Karmapa, Mikyo Dorje (1507-1554)
Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, 18th century
Eighth Karmapa, Mikyo Dorje (1507-1554)
Tibet, ca. 16th century
Elephant
Nepal or Tibet, 18th century
Eleven-Headed Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara
Tibet, 14th-15th century
Eleven-Headed Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Eleven-headed, Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara
Central Tibet, early 20th century (before 1935)
Entrustment of the Four Tantras (chapter 27 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
The Field of Accumulation of Merit
Tibet, early 20th century
Field of Accumulation of Merit (Tsokshin) of the Geluk Tradition with Tsongkhapa
Central Tibet, ca. late 18th - early 19th century
Fierce Lion-faced Goddess, Simhamukha
Tibet, 18th century
Arhat Gopaka
Tibet, 18th century
Arhat Nagasena
Tibet, 18th century
Arhat Pantaka
China or Tibet, 17th - 18th century
Arhat Rahula
Tibet, 18th century
Arhat Subhuti (After Choying Gyatso’s (active ca.1640s-1660s) Set of Previous Incarnations of the Panchen Lamas)
Central Tibet, 19th century
Astrological scroll
Tibet, 18th century
Atisha (982-1054)
Tibet, ca. 18th-19th century
Attendant figure to Vaishravana
Tibet, 16th century
Auspicious Dreams - Signs of Impending Death (chapter 7 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Avalokiteshavara
Tibet, 15th century
Avalokiteshvara
Tibet, 13th century
Avalokiteshvara
Tibet, 12th century
Avalokiteshvara in his Potala Pure Land
Tibet, late 18th–early 19th century
Avalokiteshvara in his Potala Pure Realm
Tibet, 19th century
Avalokiteshvara Jinasagara
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Avalokiteshvara Jinasagara
Tibet, 19th century
Bell
Tibet, 18th century
Birth of Buddha
Tibet, 19th century
Birth of the Buddha, from a set of the Twelve Deeds of the Buddha, after a carved woodblock composition attributed to Purbu Tsering of Chamdo (active ca. late 19th century)
Tibet, 20th century
Black Cloak Mahakala
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 18th century
Black Cloak Mahakala
Tibet, 18th century
Black Cloak Mahakala
Tibet, 19th century
Black Hayagriva
Central Tibet, 15th century
Black Jambhala
Tibet, 13th century
Bloodletting channels and Moxibustion (chapters 20 - 21)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Bloodletting, Surgical and Moxibustion Points Anterior View (chapter 1)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Bloodletting, Surgical and Moxibustion Points Posterior View (chapter 1 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Bloodletting Vessels and Points Anterior View
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Bloodletting Vessels and Points Posterior View
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Bodhisattva
Tibet, 12th century
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (After Situ Panchen's (1700–1774) set of Eight Great Bodhisattvas)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Bodhisattva Kshitigarbha
Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Bodhisattva Kshitigarbha
Tibet, 17th century
Bodhisattva Maitreya
Tibet or China, 17th - 18th century
Bodhisattva Maitreya
Tibet, 17th - 19th century
Bodhisattva Manjushri
Tibet or China, 17th-18th century
Bone Prayer Beads
Tibet, early 1970's
Bon Lama, Rinchen Gyeltsen (1415-1446)
Central Tibet, 18th century
Bon Lama Sanggye Lingpa (1705-1735)
Gyelrong, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Book Case
Central Tibet, 19th century
Book cover
Tibet, 13th century
Buddha Akshobhya
Tibet, 16th century
Buddha Akshobhya and the Eastern Assembly of the Sarvadurgatiparishodhana Mandala
Tibet, 14th century
Buddha Amitabha in His Pure Realm
Central Tibet, late 18th century
Buddha Amitabha in the Pure Realm of Sukhavati
Central Tibet, 19th century
Buddha Amitayus
Tibet, 19th century
Buddha Amitayus
Tibet, 17th century
Buddha Amitayus
Tibet, 17th century
Buddha Amitayus
Tibet, 17th century
Buddha Amitayus
Eastern Tibet, 18th century
Buddha Ratnasambhava
Central Tibet, 13th century
Buddha Ratnasambhava with Wealth Deities
Tibet, early to mid-14th century
Buddha's Birth, from a set of the Twelve Deeds of the Buddha
Eastern Tibet, Kham Province, Derge Printing House, after 1960
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 14th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 15th century
Buddha Shakyamuni Defeating Mara
Eastern Tibet or Mongolia, 19th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 18th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 15th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tsang Region, Central Tibet, 18th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 13th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Amdo Province, Eastern Tibet, 16th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Sculpture: China; Throne: Central Tibet, Sculpture: 1403-1424; Throne: ca. 13th century
Abbot Lhachok Sengge (1468-1535)
Ngor Ewam Choden Monastery, Tsang Province, Central Tibet, ca. 16th century
Achala, The Immovable One
Tibet, 14th century
Akashagarbha
Tibet, 19th century
Akshobhyavajra Ghuyasamaja
Tibet, 17th century or later
Amber Prayer Beads
Tibet, 19th century
Amber Prayer Beads
Tibet, 19th century
Amulet Box (Gau)
Tibet, 19th century
Anatomy: Anterior View (chapter 4 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Anatomy: Posterior View (chapter 4 cont.)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Arapachana Manjushri
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Arhat Abheda
Tibet, 16th century
Arhat Ajita
Tibet or China, 17th century
Arhat BakulaArhat Bakula
Tibet, late 19th or 20th century
Arhat Chudapantaka
Tibet, late 15th century

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Researcher Matthew Akester walks in the footsteps of the past
Mapping Lhasa: Visualizing a City over Time
Professor Karl E. Ryavec maps the ancient capital
Views of Tibet: A Preview of Monumental Lhasa
Rare historical images of the holy city’s landmarks
Finding Real Architecture in Tibetan Paintings
Holy sites revealed in a little-known genre of painting

Exhibitions

Circular View-Master Reel with 15 color images of palaces and landscapes. Text on reel: "Monumental Lhasa," "Fortress / Palace / Temple" and two arrows at 3 and 9 o'clock.
September 16, 2016–January 9, 2017Monumental Lhasa: Fortress, Palace, Temple

Rubin Museum
150 W. 17th St., NYC

Black-and-white image of child leaning over math book and writing numbers in notebook in ink.
February 26, 2010–July 26, 2010In the Shadow of Everest: Photographs by Tom Wool

Rubin Museum
150 W. 17th St., NYC

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