Collection Title: Tanka collection (Tibet MSS 62) / Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Published / Created:: circa 1900-circa 1950
Call Number:: Tibet MSS 62
Container / Volume:: Box 76 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 2
Description:: 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.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tanka collection (Tibet MSS 62) > Series II: Identified Subjects > Viśrāvaṇa > Tanka of Viśrāvaṇa

Published / Created:: circa 1900-circa 1950
Call Number:: Tibet MSS 62
Container / Volume:: Box 70 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 3
Description:: A western Tibetan or Nepalese watercolor painting on cotton that depicts Vajrapāṇi surrounded by eight figures.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tanka collection (Tibet MSS 62) > Series II: Identified Subjects > Vajrapāṇi > Tanka of Vajrapāṇi

Published / Created:: circa 1900-1950
Call Number:: Tibet MSS 62
Container / Volume:: Box 58 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 3
Description:: A Tibetan watercolor painting on cotton that depicts a Srid-pa-ho. The central figure is a large golden tortoise, representing the Bodhisattva of Knowledge, upon whom are drawn various geomantic diagrams, representing the nine magic squares and symbols of the eight planets. The tanka includes a silk cover.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tanka collection (Tibet MSS 62) > Series II: Identified Subjects > Srid-pa-ho > Tanka of a Srid-pa-ho

Published / Created:: circa 1900-circa 1950
Call Number:: Tibet MSS 62
Container / Volume:: Box 53 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 3
Description:: A Nepalese or Tibetan watercolor painting on cotton that depicts Rāhula surrounded by eight figures. The tanka includes a silk cover.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tanka collection (Tibet MSS 62) > Series II: Identified Subjects > Rāhula > Tanka of Rāhula

Published / Created:: circa 1850-circa 1950
Call Number:: Tibet MSS 62
Container / Volume:: Box 48 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 4
Description:: A western Tibetan or Nepalese watercolor painting on cotton that depicts Padma Sambhava with two female consorts, Mandarava and Yeshe Tsogyal. Inscriptions in Tibetan on verso. The tanka includes a silk cover.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tanka collection (Tibet MSS 62) > Series II: Identified Subjects > Padma Sambhava > Tanka of Padma Sambhava

Published / Created:: circa 1850-circa 1950
Call Number:: Tibet MSS 62
Container / Volume:: Box 46 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 2
Description:: A Nepalese watercolor painting on cotton that depicts Ṅag-dbaṅ-blo-bzaṅ-rgya-mtsho, probably in Potala Palace and accompanied by musicians, with other human figures in the foreground. Inscription in Tibetan on verso.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tanka collection (Tibet MSS 62) > Series II: Identified Subjects > Ṅag-dbaṅ-blo-bzaṅ-rgya-mtsho > Tanka of Ṅag-dbaṅ-blo-bzaṅ-rgya-mtsho

Published / Created:: circa 1900-circa 1950
Call Number:: Tibet MSS 62
Container / Volume:: 37 (Art)
Image Count:: 4
Description:: A Tibetan watercolor painting on cotton with embroidery that depicts Hayagrīva surrounded by thirty-six figures. The painting is mounted on brocade that depicts dragons. Inscriptions in Tibetan on verso. The tanka includes a silk cover and ribbons.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tanka collection (Tibet MSS 62) > Series II: Identified Subjects > Hayagrīva > Tanka of Hayagrīva

Published / Created:: circa 1950
Call Number:: Tibet MSS 62
Container / Volume:: Box 32 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 3
Description:: A Tibetan watercolor painting on cotton by a refugee painter that depicts Gautama Buddha accompanied by two buddha figures and two arhats. Inscriptions in Tibetan on verso.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tanka collection (Tibet MSS 62) > Series II: Identified Subjects > Gautama Buddha > Tanka of Gautama Buddha

Published / Created:: circa 1900-circa 1950
Call Number:: Tibet MSS 62
Container / Volume:: Box 31 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 3
Description:: A western Tibetan or Nepalese watercolor painting on cotton, probably by an amateur artist that depicts Gautama Buddha seated on a lotus throne flanked by two of his chief disciples, Sāriputta and Moggallāna, and surrounded by the Thirty-five Buddhas of Confession. The tanka includes a silk cover
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tanka collection (Tibet MSS 62) > Series II: Identified Subjects > Gautama Buddha > Tanka of Gautama Buddha, disciples, and the Thirty-five Buddhas of Confession

Published / Created:: circa 1950
Call Number:: Tibet MSS 62
Container / Volume:: Box 20 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 3
Description:: A Tibetan watercolor painting on cottton that depicts Avalokiteśvara with four arms and accompanied by Manjushri and Vajrapāṇi. Inscriptions in Tibetan on verso. The tanka includes a silk cover.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tanka collection (Tibet MSS 62) > Series II: Identified Subjects > Avalokiteśvara > Tanka of Avalokiteśvara

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