Tibetan Collection (page 3)

Kuyalwa, Second Abbot of Taklung Monastery, with Three Lineages, mid-13th century. Creator: Unknown
Kuyalwa, Second Abbot of Taklung Monastery, with Three Lineages, mid-13th century. This painting commemorates Kuyalwa (1191-1236), the second abbot of Taklung Monastery in central Tibet

Vajrayogini as Naro Dakini, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Vajrayogini as Naro Dakini, 18th century. The goddess and Buddha Vajrayogini lunges powerfully as she tramples two figures that symbolize the three mental poisons: delusion, hatred, and desire

The Mahasiddha (Great Adept) Virupa, 837-909 (image 1 of 2), 15th century. Creator: Unknown
The Mahasiddha (Great Adept) Virupa, 837-909 (image 1 of 2), 15th century

Stupa (Tibetan: Chöten) with Relics (image 2 of 2), 15th century. Creator: Unknown
Stupa (Tibetan: Choten) with Relics (image 2 of 2), 15th century

Stupa (Tibetan: Chöten) with Relics (image 1 of 2), 15th century. Creator: Unknown
Stupa (Tibetan: Choten) with Relics (image 1 of 2), 15th century

Apron Plaque with Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi, 15th century. Creator: Unknown
Apron Plaque with Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi, 15th century

The Bodhisattva Vajrapani (Tibetan: Chana Dorje) and His Consort, 15th century. Creator: Unknown
The Bodhisattva Vajrapani (Tibetan: Chana Dorje) and His Consort, 15th century

Portrait of a Monk, 14th century. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of a Monk, 14th century

Throneback Panel, 14th century. Creator: Unknown
Throneback Panel, 14th century

Buddha Shakyamuni or the Jina Buddha Akshobhya (image 1 of 2), 14th century. Creator: Unknown
Buddha Shakyamuni or the Jina Buddha Akshobhya (image 1 of 2), 14th century

The Buddhist God Hayagriva and his Consort, 13th-14th century. Creator: Unknown
The Buddhist God Hayagriva and his Consort, 13th-14th century

Phagpa Lokeshvara (Copy of the original in the Potala, Lhasa, Tibet), 13th-14th century. Creator: Unknown
Phagpa Lokeshvara (Copy of the original in the Potala, Lhasa, Tibet), 13th-14th century

Ritual Diadem Plaque with the Jina Buddha Amoghasiddhi, 13th-14th century. Creator: Unknown
Ritual Diadem Plaque with the Jina Buddha Amoghasiddhi, 13th-14th century

The Bodhisattva Manjushri, 13th century. Creator: Unknown
The Bodhisattva Manjushri, 13th century

Portrait of a Noblewoman, 13th century. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of a Noblewoman, 13th century

The Bodhisattva Vajrapani (image 1 of 2), 13th century. Creator: Unknown
The Bodhisattva Vajrapani (image 1 of 2), 13th century

The Hindu God Shiva Shrikantha in Union with His Consort, Guhyakali, 11th-12th century. Creator: Unknown
The Hindu God Shiva Shrikantha in Union with His Consort, Guhyakali (image 2 of 2), 11th-12th century

Buddha Shakyamuni, 11th-12th century. Creator: Unknown
Buddha Shakyamuni, 11th-12th century

Buddha Shakyamuni, c.11th century. Creator: Unknown
Buddha Shakyamuni, c.11th century

The Jina Buddha Ratnasambhava, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita... 11th century. Creator: Unknown
The Jina Buddha Ratnasambhava, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom in 100, 000 Verses), 11th century

Form of Palden Lhamo (?), Nyingmapa Buddhist or Bon Ritual Card, 18th-19th century. Creator: Unknown
Form of Palden Lhamo (?), Nyingmapa Buddhist or Bon Ritual Card, 18th-19th century

The Arhat Abheda (image 1 of 2), early 17th century. Creator: Anon
The Arhat Abheda (image 1 of 2), early 17th century

Portrait of Two Taklung Lamas, 13th century. Creator: Anon
Portrait of Two Taklung Lamas, 13th century

Nothingness of Nothingness, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita... 11th century. Creator: Unknown
Nothingness of Nothingness, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom in 100, 000 Verses) (image 2 of 2), 11th century

Perfection of Charity, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita... 11th century. Creator: Unknown
Perfection of Charity, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom in 100, 000 Verses), 11th century

Yellow Yama (?) and Consort on Bull, Nyingmapa Buddhist or Bon Ritual Card, 18th-19th century. Creator: Unknown
Yellow Yama (?) and Consort on Bull, Nyingmapa Buddhist or Bon Ritual Card, 18th-19th century

Shri (Palden Lhamo), between c1750 and c1850. Creator: Anon
Shri (Palden Lhamo), between c1750 and c1850

Eleven-Headed Avalokiteshvara (image 1 of 6), early 11th century. Creator: Unknown
Eleven-Headed Avalokiteshvara (image 1 of 6), early 11th century

The Mahasiddha (Great Adept) Dampa Sangye (Nagpopa) (d. 1117), c.mid-14th century. Creator: Unknown
The Mahasiddha (Great Adept) Dampa Sangye (Nagpopa) (d. 1117), c.mid-14th century

The Buddhist Deity Hevajra (image 1 of 2), c.late 11th-early 12th century. Creator: Unknown
The Buddhist Deity Hevajra (image 1 of 2), c.late 11th-early 12th century

The Buddhist Deity Hevajra (image 2 of 2), c.late 11th-early 12th century. Creator: Unknown
The Buddhist Deity Hevajra (image 2 of 2), c.late 11th-early 12th century

Yellow Yami (?) with Spear, Nyingmapa Buddhist or Bon Ritual Card, 18th-19th century. Creator: Unknown
Yellow Yami (?) with Spear, Nyingmapa Buddhist or Bon Ritual Card, 18th-19th century

The Guardian Generals of the Directions (Lokapalas) Dhritarashtra... early 17th century. Creator: Anon
The Guardian Generals of the Directions (Lokapalas) Dhritarashtra (East) [top] and Virudhaka (South) [bottom] (image 1 of 3), early 17th century

Ritual Pellet Drum, c.18th century. Creator: Unknown
Ritual Pellet Drum, c.18th century

Shuradatta, the Buddha of Alms-Giving (image 1 of 2), c.17th century. Creator: Unknown
Shuradatta, the Buddha of Alms-Giving (image 1 of 2), c.17th century

Brahmanrupa Mahakala (Tibetan: Gonpo Bramzehi), c.15th century. Creator: Unknown
Brahmanrupa Mahakala (Tibetan: Gonpo Bramzehi), c.15th century

Vajrakumara/Vajrakila (Tibetan: Dorje Phurpa), c.13th-14th century. Creator: Unknown
Vajrakumara/Vajrakila (Tibetan: Dorje Phurpa), c.13th-14th century

The Arhat Kalika, between 1450 and 1500. Creator: Unknown
The Arhat Kalika, between 1450 and 1500

The Dakini Nairatma, between 1300 and 1325. Creator: Unknown
The Dakini Nairatma, between 1300 and 1325

The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, 11th century. Creator: Unknown
The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, 11th century

An Abbot and His Lineage, 14th century or earlier. Creator: Anon
An Abbot and His Lineage, 14th century or earlier

Buddha Shakyamuni and Narrative Scenes, 18th century. Creator: Anon
Buddha Shakyamuni and Narrative Scenes, 18th century

Shakyamuni with the Thirty-Five Buddhas of the Confession of Sins and the Eighteen Arhats, 15th cent Creator: Anon
Shakyamuni with the Thirty-Five Buddhas of the Confession of Sins and the Eighteen Arhats, 15th century

Previous Birth Stories of the Buddha, 17th century. Creator: Anon
Previous Birth Stories of the Buddha, 17th century

Cosmic Man with Diagrams of Newar Yogic Six Chakra Transformation, c19th century. Creator: Anon
Cosmic Man with Diagrams of Newar Yogic Six Chakra Transformation, c19th century

Padma Dorje (1128-88) as a Mahasiddha (Great Adept) and Lamas, mid 18th century. Creator: Anon
Padma Dorje (1128-88) as a Mahasiddha (Great Adept) and Lamas, mid 18th century

The Fifth Karmapa, Dezhin Shegpa (1384-1415), c18th century. Creator: Anon
The Fifth Karmapa, Dezhin Shegpa (1384-1415), c18th century

The Life of Milarepa (1040-1123) (image 1 of 4), c1500. Creator: Anon
The Life of Milarepa (1040-1123) (image 1 of 4), c1500

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