A Tibetan watercolor painting on cotton that depicts Gautama Buddha surrounded by scenes from "Vessantara Jātaka," In the story a compassionate prince gives away everything he owns, including his wife and children, thereby displaying the virtue of pe...
A Tibetan watercolor painting on cotton that depicts Gautama Buddha surrounded by scenes from "The Ruru Deer Jātaka," In the story the Ruru Deer saves man, who then betrays the deer, but the deer survives and teaches.
The tanka includes a silk cove...
A watercolor painting on cotton that depicts a red Amitāyus seated on a multicolored lotus accompanied by three smaller figures above and six human figures below in Nepalese dress and holding black umbrellas.
A watercolor painting on cotton that depicts Avalokiteśvara seated on a pink lotus accompanied by smaller figures, as well as Amitābha above and Padma Sambhav below.
Inscription in Tibetan on the verso. Consecrated by a lama to address an illness.
A watercolor painting on cotton that depicts the 42 Peaceful Deities of Bardo with Samantabhadra in a rainbow framed circle accompanied by human figures below in Nepalese dress and holding black umbrellas.
Inscription in Tibetan on the verso. Nine of...
A Nepalese watercolor painting on cotton that depicts Akṣobhya surrounded by 516 miniature emanations of himself. All of the figures are outlined in red on gold.
A Tibetan watercolor painting on cotton that depicts Amitābha seated on a lotus throne presiding over Sukhāvatī, his celestial realm, surrounded by eight bodhisattvas and telve smaller buddhas and divinities, and behind a lake with two babies upon ...