Sacred
Visions: Early Paintings from Central Tibet
by Steven M. Kossak and Jane Casey Singer
With an essay by Robert Bruce-Gardner
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Object List:
Bodhisattva
Vajrapani
Yogins meditating
in a cremation ground, detail from Chakrasamvara Mandala
Samvara and
Vajravarahi, detail from Mandala of Paramasukha Chakrasamvara
Manjushri
Mandala
Wooden Book
Cover with silver repousse, partial gilding, and semiprecious stones,
detail from a pair of covers
Painted Book
Cover
Inscription
in the shape of a stupa, detail from verso of seated Shakyamuni Buddha
Mural with
the worship of the Buddha
Mandala of
Vairochana
Panel with
Avalokiteshvara, Adorers ,and Buddhas
Section of
a book cover for an Ashtasahashrika Prajnaparamita manuscript
Illumination
from an Ashtasahashrika Prajnaparamita manuscript with the goddess Tara
Miniature
stela with a lama
Standing Parvati
Section of
a cover from an Ashtasahashrika Prajnaparamita manuscript
Cover from
an Ashtasahashrika Prajnaparamita manuscript
Mural with
Ratnasambhava
Amitayus
Chakrasamvara
Mandala
Tara
Amoghasiddhi
seated in His Northern Paradise
Portrait of
a Lama
Ushnishavijaya
Manjushri
Book Cover
with the Bodhisattva Dharmodgata and Attendants
Panel from
a Buddhist Ritual Crown
Buddha with
Attendants
Double portrait
Eleven-Headed,
One-Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara
Vairochana
and Attendants
Panjara Mahakala
Buddha with
Five Tathagatas
Seated Shakyamuni
Buddha
Buddhist Hierarch
Portrait of
Taklung Thangpa Chenpo
Portrait of
Sangye Yarjon, Third Abbot of Taklung
Vajravarahi
Mandala
Vajravarahi
Achala
Three Tathagatas
(separate)
Three Tathagatas
(separate)
Three Tathagatas
(separate)
Maitreya Buddha
Amoghasiddhi
Portrait of
Two Monks
Scenes from
the Life of the Buddha
Amitayus,
the Buddha of Eternal Life
Amitayus
Portrait of
Abbot
Palden Lhamo
Chakrasamvara
Mandala
Jnanatapa
Book Cover
with Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
Virupa
Ratnasambhava
Amitabha
Amoghasiddhi
Green Tara
Seated Mahakala
Book Cover
with Manjuvara and Consort Flanked by Lamas
Mandala of
Raktayama in Ecstatic Embrace
Vairochana
with Attendants
Vajrasattva
and Consort
Mandala of
Paramasukha Chakrasamvara
Mandala of
Mahavajrabhairava
Mandala of
Vajradhatu
Mandala of
Jnanadakini
Mandala of
the Six Chakravartins
Kalachakra
Mandala
Four Mandalas
Standing Mahakala
Dancing Ganapati
Arhat
Portrait of
Kunga Nyingpo
Vaishravana
Vaishravana
Paintings
for Evocation Rites
Paintings
for Evocation Rites
Paintings
for Evocation Rites
Paintings
for Evocation Rites
Paintings
for Evocation Rites
Paintings
for Evocation Rites
Portrait of
Buddhist Heirarch
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