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Wood votive plaque of Bon deity Sangpo Bumtrie with gold and red paint

Votive Plaque of Sangpo Bumtri

Tibet Bon, circa 13th century Wood with gilding and polychrome Height: 13½ in. (34.3 cm.)

This sculpture depicts a form of Mahakala that was particularly important in the Sakya tradition and is often known as the Lord of the Pavilion (or Tent).

Mahakala Panjaranatha

Tibet Late 13th/early 14th century Limestone Height: 8 in. (20.3 cm.)

This gracious image of Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, closely adheres to the Pala tradition of Indian Buddhist sculpture

Avalokiteshvara

Central Tibet 15th century Copper alloy Height: 13¾ in. (34.9 cm.)

This elegant book cover depicts three Buddhas, from left to right, Vairocana, Sakyamuni, and Amoghasiddhi, seated in a stately manner within their celestial palaces.

Manuscript Cover with Vairocana, Sakyamuni, and Amoghasiddhi

Tibet Circa 12th century Polychrome and gilding on wood 9 5/8 by 27½ in. (24.5 by 69.9 cm.)

MANUSCRIPT COVER WITH BUDDHIST SYMBOLS

Manuscript Cover with Buddhist Symbols

Tibet 12th/13th century Gilt-copper repoussé 7 by 26½ in. (17.7 by 67.2 cm.)

this remarkable cover is an aesthetically elegant and rare object and contains a sixteen-lined poem, beautifully executed in calligraphy by Marpa Gyor

Cover of a Prajnaparamita Manuscript

Southern Tibet (Tsang) 13th century Pigment and gold on wood 8 by 28 1/4 in. (20.3 by 71.8 cm.)

The great Tibetan yogin Milarepa is depicted with his traditional cotton robe wrapped around his shoulders

Tibet 15th/16th century Copper alloy with silver and copper inlay Height: 4 in. (10.2 cm.)

Buddha Sakyamuni

Buddha Sakyamuni

West Tibet 15th century Gilt-copper alloy with copper, silver, and turquoise Height: 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm.)

A powerful Buddhist protector deity, Mahakala is a manifestation of divine wrath employed to remove internal and external obstacles.

Panjarnata Mahakala

Tibet 15th century Polychrome stone Height: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.)

FOOTPRINT THANGKA OF DRIGUNG JIGTEN Tibet Late 12th/early 13th century

Footprint Thangka of Drigung Jigten

Tibet Late 12th/early 13th century Pigment wash on silk 17¾ by 19¾ in. (45.2 by 50.3 cm.)

TIBETAN PORTRAIT OF KUYALBA, SECOND ABBOT OF TAKLUNG, 1210-1236

Taklung Abbot Kuyalba

Tibet 13th century Distemper and gold on cloth 33½ by 25 in. (85.1 by 63.5 cm.)

This thangka depicts as its main subject the ninth master in the Taklung lineage, Kuyalwa.

Taklung Abbot Kuyalwa with his Three Lineages

Tibet Circa 1297-1366 Distemper on cloth 20½ by 15 in. (52 by 38 cm.)

This rare Tibetan thangka is from a set of at least two paintings depicting the Four Transcendent Lords of the Bon religion

Satrig Ersang and Shenlha Okar

Tibet, Bon Late 13th / early 14th century Distemper on cloth 17 7/8 by 14 1/4 in. (45.5 by 36 cm.)

his superbly-painted thangka depicts Vairocana seated in the gesture of Supreme Wisdom

Tibet, Drigung Kagyu School 14th century Distemper on cloth 36 5/8 by 29 in. (93 by 73.8 cm.)

The painting depicts the mandala of Shakyamuni Buddha in the form of Shakya Simha, as described in the Vajravali (Adamantine Garland) treatise by Abhayakaragupta

Mandala of Shakya Simha

Tibet Late 14th century Distemper and gold highlights on cotton canvas 33 1/8 by 29 1/8 in. (84.2 by 74 cm.)

This is a painting of the Arhat Pindola, one of four Arhats asked by the Buddha to remain in the world to propagate Buddhist law.

Thangka of the Arhat Pindola

Tibet 16th century Distemper on cloth 30¾ by 19¾ in. (78 by 50 cm.)

The blue, buffalo-headed Yamantaka is ithyphallic and without consort in his Ekavira Vajrabhairava manifestation.

Ekavira Vajrabhairava

Tibet Early 17th century Distemper on cloth 42½ by 30¼ in. (108 x 77 cm.)

Tibetan painting of six-armed Mahakala looking ferocious

Six-Armed Mahakala

Central Tibet, probably Tsang Region Late 17th century Distemper on cloth 28 by 21½ in. (71.1 by 54.6 cm.)

The revered Indian tantric master Padmasambhava appears at the center of the painting seated in a golden grotto

Pandita Padmasambhava

Southern Tibet or Bhutan First quarter of the 18th century Distemper on cloth 27½ by 16¾ in. (69.9 by 42.5 cm.)

This monumental thangka depicts scenes from the life of the Tibetan Dharma King (Tib. chögyal) Tri Ralpachen (r. 815-838), depicted at center enthroned in a palace holding a golden jewel and dressed in traditional early-Tibetan regal attire

The Life and Deeds of Tri Ralpachen

Tibet 18th century Distemper on cloth 35¾ by 80¼ in. (92 by 206 cm.)

18th century Tibetan paintings of ritual objects

Ritual Objects (Gyentsog)

Tibet Circa 18th century Distemper on cloth 19 3/8 by 25 7/8 in. (49.3 by 65.1cm.)

Jataka tales thangka

Tibet Circa 18th century Distemper on cloth 36 3/8 by 25 3/8 in. (92.4 by 64.5 cm.)

The form of Vairocana depicted here is identifiable by his distinctive teaching gesture, the bodhyangi mudra

Transcendental Buddha Mahavairochana

Central Tibet 12th/13th century Copper alloy Height: 22½ in. (57.2 cm.)

The subject of this splendid gilt-copper alloy image is Kalacakra, The Wheel of Time

Tibet 18th century Gilt-copper alloy with pigment Height: 13 3/8 in. (34 cm.)