A western Tibetan or Nepalese watercolor painting on cotton that depicts a red Vajrayoginī drinking blood from a human skull and surrounded by many miniature figures.
An unfinished Tibetan watercolor painting on cotton that depicts a red Vajrayoginī wearing a necklace skulls and drinking blood from a human skull. She is also surrounded by many miniature figures.
A Nepalese watercolor painting on cotton that depicts Vasudhārā accompanied by smaller male and female divinities. The painting includes decorative elements to mimic silk brocade.
A Nepalese watercolor painting on cotton that depicts Viśrāvaṇa on a white horse with smaller figures on elephants, a lion, and a tiger in the four corners.
Inscriptions in Tibetan on verso.
A Tibetan painting of Yungtön Dorjepel wearing a red hat, with smaller figures of his teacher, three disciples and divinities.
The tanka includes a silk cover.
A watercolor painting on cotton that depicts an unidentified Karmapa abbot wearing a red hat and seated, as well as accompanied by smaller figures, including a lama and protective divinities. Consecrated on the verso by a lama.
Depiction of a stupa and inscriptions in Tibetan on verso.
Accompanied with an envelope from Hotel Mount Everest, Darjeeling, India, with notes about the tanka.
A Tibetan watercolor painting on cotton that depicts a mandala consisting of a square with four gates containing a circle with a center point. Miniature figures are depicted outside of the enclosure.
An eastern Tibetan watercolor painting on cotton that depicts an unidentified Sa-skya-pa lama sitting on a cushion below figures and two guardian divinities and above three protective divinities.