Sacred Visions: Early Paintings from Central Tibet

Sacred Visions: Early Paintings from Central Tibet is the catalogue of a landmark exhibition (1998-99) of more than sixty of the finest extant Tibetan works from museums and private collections around the world. Closed to the West until the early twentieth century, Tibet was abruptly closed again in the 1950s by the Chinese. In spite of the loss of much of the staggering wealth of Tibetan monasteries and other monuments since that time, a number of masterpieces have survived in Western collections. Image List. Some catalog descriptions.

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

Amitayus Buddha
Sambhogakaya

Ushnishavijaya (Buddhist Deity)
(Nine Deity Configuration)

Book Cover

Vairochana Buddha

Buddha

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva & Buddhist Deity)
Namka Gyalpo (Gaganaraja)

Buddha

Teacher (Lama)
Kuyalwa Rinchen Gonpo

Vajrayogini (Buddhist Deity)
Vajravarahi

Achala (Buddhist Deity)
Blue, Kneeling

Ratnasambhava Buddha
(Peaceful Appearance)

Maitreya (Bodhisattva & Buddhist Deity)