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  • The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.
  • The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.
  • The three Buddhist deities Vajrapāṇi, Mañjuśrī and Avalokiteśvara. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • The bodhisattva of compassion: Avalokiteśvara or Guanyin. Gouache painting.
  • Mandala of black and white Mahākālas. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Mandala of black and white Mahākālas. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Mandala of black and white Mahākālas. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Mandala of black and white Mahākālas. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • The deity Guanyin (Kuan Yin) seated on a lotus throne with eight arms, carrying a sword, axe, lantern, a swastika and two Chinese characters. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • A Chinese deity identified as Kuan Yin, seated in the lotus position on a jade throne, with ten arms, carrying weapons, a bell and round objects. Painting by a Chinese artist.
  • Mandala with the eight-handed Uṣṇīṣavijayā as a Buddhist deity of long life. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.