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  • Tibetan medicine and its divine origins. Distemper painting by Chundu, 1970.
  • Attributes of the six-handed Mahākāla in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Yama holding the wheel of life. Distemper painting.
  • Attributes of dPal-ldan Lha-mo in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Footprints of the Buddha or of a Lama (?). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Episodes in the life of gYu-thog Yon-tan mGon-po (Yuthok) and his ancestors. Distemper painting by Chundu, 1970.
  • Attributes of Kubera in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • The three Buddhist deities Vajrapāṇi, Mañjuśrī and Avalokiteśvara. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Ma-cig dpal-gyi Lha-mo in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Blue lotus protective triangle. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of dPal-Idan Lha-mo (Rematī) in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Ma-cig dpal-gyi Lha-mo in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. 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 third Dalai Lama Sonam Gyatso (1543-1588) and his entourage. Distemper painting.
  • Attributes of rDo-rje Kon-btsun De-mo in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of rDo-rje 'Jigs-byed (Sanskrit Vajrabhairava, 'the fear-inspiring one') in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Pañjaranātha, the tent protector, in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Ma-cig dpal-gyi Lha-mo in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Bhaisajyaguru (the Medicine Buddha) and Padmasambhava (below, centre). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of the six-handed Mahākāla in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Cimara (gNod-sbyin rTsiu-dmar-po) in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. 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.
  • The medicine Buddha (Bhaiṣajyaguru) and Tsongkhapa (1357-1419). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of rDo-rje 'Jigs-byed (Sanskrit Vajrabhairava, 'the fear-inspiring one') in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Cimara (gNod-sbyin rTsiu-dmar-po) in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of rDo-rje Grags-mo brGyal (Dorje Dragmogyel) in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Attributes of Putra-miṅ-sriṅ in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Yama holding the wheel of life. Distemper painting.
  • The Buddha. Gouache.
  • Episodes in the life of Prince Dri-med-kun-Idan. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.