Tibetan Buddhist painting on cotton, or silk appliqué, usually depicting a Buddhist deity, scene, or mandala.

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The Buddha Sakyamuni seated on a lotus in a landscape containing scenes of his life and death. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

Tibetan paintings : a study of Tibetan thankas, eleventh to nineteenth centuries / Pratapaditya Pal.

Tibetan medical thangka of the four medical tantras / translator and compiler of the original edition: Byams-pa ʼPhrin-las, Wang Lei ; English translator and annotator Cai Jingfeng.

Art of Thangka : a catalogue of the Hahn Foundation for Museum / text by Tanaka Kimiaki.

Tibetan Thangka painting : methods & materials / David P. Jackson, Janice A. Jackson.

Secret revelation of Tibetan thangkas = Verborgene Botschaft tibetischer Thangkas : picture meditation and interpretation of Lamaist cult paintings this work is based on the John Gilmore Ford Collection / Detlef-Ingo Lauf ; [ins Engl. übertr. von J.A. Underwood].

Tibetan medicine and its divine origins. Distemper painting by Chundu, 1970.

Attributes of the six-handed Mahākāla in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

Yama holding the wheel of life. Distemper painting.

Attributes of dPal-ldan Lha-mo in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

Footprints of the Buddha or of a Lama (?). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

Episodes in the life of gYu-thog Yon-tan mGon-po (Yuthok) and his ancestors. Distemper painting by Chundu, 1970.

Attributes of Kubera in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

The three Buddhist deities Vajrapāṇi, Mañjuśrī and Avalokiteśvara. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

Attributes of Ma-cig dpal-gyi Lha-mo in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

Blue lotus protective triangle. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

Attributes of dPal-Idan Lha-mo (Rematī) in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.

The Buddha Aksobhya surrounded by six hundred and ten replicas of himself. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

Attributes of rDo-rje Grags-mo brGyal (Dorje Dragmogyel) in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

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Tankas (Tibetan scrolls)

Images from the collections

Images of Tankas (Tibetan scrolls)

Images about Tankas (Tibetan scrolls)

Works from the collections

The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.

The Buddha Aksobhya surrounded by six hundred and ten replicas of himself. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

Attributes of rDo-rje Grags-mo brGyal (Dorje Dragmogyel) in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.

The three Buddhist deities Vajrapāṇi, Mañjuśrī and Avalokiteśvara. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

Tankas (Tibetan scrolls)

Images from the collections

Images of Tankas (Tibetan scrolls)

Images about Tankas (Tibetan scrolls)

Works from the collections

The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.

The Buddha Aksobhya surrounded by six hundred and ten replicas of himself. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

Attributes of rDo-rje Grags-mo brGyal (Dorje Dragmogyel) in a "rgyan tshogs" banner. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara surrounded by other Buddhist deities. Distemper painting.

The three Buddhist deities Vajrapāṇi, Mañjuśrī and Avalokiteśvara. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

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