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The Chaturbhuja Mahakala Page has been updated with additional images.

The Achi Chokyi Drolma Page has been updated with additional images.

A page for the ritual object known as a Magic Horn has been added.

The Guruyoga Iconography Page has been updated with additional images.

The Tsang Sculpture Atelier Page has been updated again with additional images.

A page for the subject of overhead canopies in painting has been added.

The Confession Buddhas Masterworks Page has been updated with additional images.

The Tinuma Vajrayogini Page has been updated.

The Hand Gestures & Mudra Page has been updated with a link to a recently published article on mudras. Questions Regarding the Word Mudra, A Preliminary Survey of Gestures on Indian Icons and their Designation by Richard Smith, published September 09, 2015.

The Gayadhara Page has been updated with additional images.

The Bon Sarma Page has been updated with additional images.

A page for Silver Sculpture Masterworks has been added.

The Silver Sculpture Page has been updated with additional images.

A page for the subject of clouds has been added. Clouds are understood in three ways in relation to Himalayan style art: (1) from the point of view of textual iconography and literature, (2) from the point of view of general convention or an artistic tradition in relation to figures, and (3) the drawing and painting of clouds.

A page for the Parrish Art Museum has been added. They have a small collection of Tibetan and Himalayan objects. Probably the most noteworthy is a medium format painting of Kurukulla with six arms.

A page for Ushnishavijaya in simple form with one face and two hands has been added and linked to the Ushnishavijaya Main Page.

The Vajrabhairava Masterworks Page has been updated with additional images.

The Tsang Sculpture Atelier Page has been updated again with additional images.

The page for the sculptural works of Trailokyavijaya with Three Legs, in a Dali style, has been updated.

Textiles such as these were likely created in large quantities, grouped as sets, and given away as gifts by the Qianlong Emperor.