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  • The life of the Buddha Śākyamuni. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Footprints of the Buddha or of a Lama (?). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Footprints of the Buddha or of a Lama (?). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Footprints of the Buddha or of a Lama (?). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Prince Vessantara and his family live as hermits in separate temples. Watercolour.
  • The representative of the people of Jetuttara gives alms to the poor in the victualling rooms. Watercolour.
  • King Sanjaya redeems the children of Vessantara, paying to the brahmin the weight of the girl in gold. Watercolour.
  • The brahmin, sitting in a tree, keeps the children of Vessantara tied up all night, and in the morning takes them on the road. Watercolour.
  • Prince Vessantara leaves the life of a hermit and returns to the city. Watercolour.
  • Prince Vessantara offers an elephant to the seven brahmins from Kalinga. Watercolour.
  • The representative of the people of Jetuttara requests Prince Vessantara to leave the city. Watercolour.
  • Vishnu in his incarnation as Buddha, the thinker. Engraving, 1672.
  • The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.
  • The Buddha Sakyamuni seated on a lotus in a landscape containing scenes of his life and death. 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.
  • Episodes in the life of Prince Dri-med-kun-Idan. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Episodes in the life of Prince Dri-med-kun-Idan. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • The third Dalai Lama Sonam Gyatso (1543-1588) and his entourage. Distemper painting.