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  • The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.
  • Attributes of Mahākāla in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Mandala of black and white Mahākālas. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • The four-handed Mahākāla as the protector of knowledge. Distemper painting.
  • An early Tibetan king, or Rudrakulika, legendary king of Shambhala, seated in a garden. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Mandala of black and white Mahākālas. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Amitayus with ninety-six replicas of himself. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Two elders: Nāgasena (Tibetan kLu'i-sde) (above) and Panthaka (Tibetan Lam-bstan) (below). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • The Buddha Sakyamuni seated on a lotus in a landscape containing scenes of his life and death. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Yama in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Amitayus with ninety-six replicas of himself. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Two elders: Nāgasena (Tibetan kLu'i-sde) (above) and Panthaka (Tibetan Lam-bstan) (below). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • The life of the Buddha Śākyamuni. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Circle (Mandala). Watercolour by a Tibetan painter.
  • Plague in Phrygia. Engraving by M. Raimondi after Raphael after Virgil.
  • The medicine Buddha (Bhaiṣajyaguru) and Tsongkhapa (1357-1419). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • The medicine Buddha (Bhaiṣajyaguru) and Tsongkhapa (1357-1419). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • The medicine Buddha (Bhaiṣajyaguru) and Tsongkhapa (1357-1419). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Two Buddhist elders: sBed-byed (Gopaka), holding a book (above); Mi-phyed (Abheda), holding a reliquary (below). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Tibetan paper charm consisting of five figures. Watercolour, Tibet.
  • Yama, Buddhist god of death, with the head of a buffalo bedecked with skulls and flames, stands on a bull crushing a man lying on his back. Distemper painting.
  • Tibetan fortune telling card. Watercolour, Tibet.
  • Tibetan fortune telling card. Watercolour, Tibet.
  • Tibetan fortune telling card. Watercolour, Tibet.
  • Dpal-Idan Lha-mo (Magzor Palden Lhamo, or Shri Devi), a Tibetan demon goddess riding on a mule. Distemper painting.
  • Tibetan fortune telling card. Watercolour, Tibet.
  • Tibetan fortune telling card. Watercolour, Tibet.
  • dPal-Idan Lha-mo (Magzor Palden Lhamo), a Tibetan demon goddess riding on a mule. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Yama, Buddhist god of death, with the head of a buffalo bedecked with skulls and flames, stands on a bull crushing a man lying on his back. Distemper painting.
  • The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.