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The Red Ground Painting Page has been updated with additional images.

The Rubin Museum of Art has one of the finest collections of Himalayan Art found anywhere in the world. In both North America and Europe there are only a handful of museums with the same quality and breadth as the Rubin Museum. The Rubin Museum is also the most documented and published collection of Himalayan art among all of the museum and private collections anywhere. The Himalayan Art Resources website celebrates their ten year anniversary.

The Trehor Namkha Gyan Main Page has been updated with additional images.

A set of sculpture depicting the Eight Forms of Padmasambhava has been added.

The Densatil Monastery Sculpture Page has been further updated with additional images.

The Kurukulla Main Page has been updated with additional images.

A gallery for a Textile Scroll Set has been added. Currently there are only two known examples of works from this set.

The Yongle Textile Workshop Page has been updated with additional images, links and content.

The sculpture in this gallery appear to have been made in the same Tibetan workshop at roughly the same time. The style of the sculpture in general follows that of Tsang Province where incising is popular and gilding less common. Note the similarities in the shape and structure of the faces, ornamentation, and double lotus base.

A gallery of Mandala Set Figures from three different commissions. The central subjects of the mandala sets are currently unidentified.

The Padampa Sanggye Main Page has been updated with additional images, text and links.

The Four Guardian Kings, in a Palpung Monastery painting style, are unique because they are depicted in peaceful appearance, like Indian gods, rather than as Kings with a mature face, mustache, heavy clothing and military attire.

A gallery for images of Chinnamasta Vajrayogini, the severed-head goddess, has been added.

A page for detail images of Glass Vases & Bowls has been added.

A gallery has been added for Vajrabhairava Sculptural Masterworks. Also see the Masterworks Main Page.

The Vajrabhairava Painting & Sculpture Masterworks Page has been updated. Also see the Masterworks Main Page.

A gallery page discussing the very large textile scrolls (over 3 meters tall) created in the Yongle Emperor's imperial workshops has been added.

The White Chakrasamvara Page of the Lama Umapa Tradition has been updated with additional images.

A gallery page depicting the earliest known Vajrayogini/Varahi paintings.

The Kurukulla Main Page has been updated with additional links, images, and content.