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  • Folios from Sanskrit manuscript on Buddhism
  • Painted wooden endboards from Sanskrit manuscript on Buddhism
  • The torments of hell in Buddhism: two bearded demons burning six men alive. Lithograph.
  • Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava), the main founder of Buddhism in Tibet, surrounded by other forms of himself. Gouache painting by a Tibetan artist.
  • Nepal; travelling butcher in the Khumbu, 1986. Well-dressed Sherpas buying yak meat from butcher, near Lukla (altitude 2827 metres). Meat is not generally eaten by Sherpas who are Buddhists, adhering to the oldest, unreformed sect of Tibetan Buddhism known as Kar-gyud-pa. Buddhists make up about 5.3% of Nepal's population whilst 89.5% are Hindu. The cultural heritage of the Sherpas, however, has always remained with Tibet.
  • A Chinese man taking an oath before a shrine to the god Paak-tai, while another man prepares to decapitate a cock. Ink drawing, China, 18--?.
  • A Chinese procession of musicians, in honour of the god of spring. Ink drawing, China, 18--?.
  • Chinese dog and cat restaurant: diners are shown eating at a table on the first floor, while food is seen being prepared in the kitchen below. Ink drawing, China, 18--?.
  • A Chinese procession in honour of the god of spring: a Mandarin is shown being carried in a sedan chair. Ink drawing, China, 18--?.
  • A Chinese procession in honour of the god of spring, incorporating a sacred buffalo. Ink drawing, China, 18--?.
  • Chinese gentlemen dining at tables. Ink drawing, China, 18--?.
  • Three Chinese Buddhist priests worshipping at a shrine. Ink drawing, China, 18--?.
  • A floating Chinese temple, including an altar, musicians and prayer wheels. Ink drawing, China, 18--?.
  • Yama holding the Bhavacakra or Wheel of life. Ink drawing.
  • Yama holding the Bhavacakra or Wheel of life. Ink drawing.
  • A man (a Buddhist monk?) sitting cross-legged wearing robes and beads and holding a bell. Photograph, 1910/1930.
  • Two men burning a man alive; three men cutting a man's limbs; a man about to cut a man's head with an axe. Lithograph.
  • A Buddhist master (?) enthroned on an elephant, being presented with a sword-like object by a man and woman. Watercolour with gouache, China (?), 1750/1850?.
  • A Buddhist master (?) sitting on a chair under a tree, with books laid out on a table, while a young pupil kneels before him. Watercolour with gouache, China (?), 1750/1850?.
  • Yama holding the Bhavacakra or Wheel of life. Gouache.
  • Yama holding the Bhavacakra or Wheel of life. Gouache.
  • Buddhist monks sit with tea and sweets laid out in front of them.
  • Siam (Thailand): Mount Krailas, Bangkok, during the tonsurate ceremony of Prince Chulalongkorn, day 3. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
  • Kamakura, Japan: large statue of "Daibootz" or the "Great Buddha", in wooded country. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.
  • Siam (Thailand): Mount Krailas, Bangkok, during the tonsurate ceremony of Prince Chulalongkorn, day 3. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.
  • Buddhist monks sit with tea and sweets laid out in front of them.
  • Buddhist monks sit with tea and sweets laid out in front of them.
  • Kusōzu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body. Watercolours.
  • Kusōzu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body. Watercolours.
  • Kusōzu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body. Watercolours.