Bhaisajyaguru (the Medicine Buddha) and Padmasambhava (below, centre). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

Tibetan medicine and its divine origins. Distemper painting by Chundu, 1970.

The medicine Buddha (Bhaiṣajyaguru) and Tsongkhapa (1357-1419). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

ReOrientalisms.

Succouring the enemy : British troops attending to wounded Tibetans after the battle of Guru / drawn by  F. de Haenen from a photograph by a British Officer.

Episodes in the life of Prince Dri-med-kun-Idan. 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.

Vajrayogini (Tibetan rDo-rje rNal-byor-ma) and her retinue. 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.

Dpal-Idan Lha-mo (Magzor Palden Lhamo, or Shri Devi), a Tibetan demon goddess riding on a mule. Distemper painting.

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