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Photograph by Bruce M. White, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2010

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Photograph by Bruce M. White, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2010

Photography by Bruce M. White. The Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art. 2010.

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Photograph by David De Armas, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2014

Black Cloak Mahakala

Situ Panchen

18th century

Photograph by Bruce M. White, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2009

Six-Armed White Mahakala

late 18th – early 19th century

Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art

Fourth Demo Rinpoche, Lhawang Gyeltsen (1631–1668)

Dated by inscription, 1667

The Fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobzang Gyatso (1617-1682) with Previous Incarnations; Central Ti…

The Fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobzang Gyatso (1617-1682) with Previous Incarnations

18th century

Photography by David De Armas. The Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art. 2012.

Makzor Gyelmo, Queen Who Repels Armies

18th century

Photograph by David De Armas, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2012.

Protective Goddess in Peaceful and Wrathful Form

1790-1805

Photograph by David De Armas, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2018.

Fifth Dalai Lama (1617–1682) with Episodes from His Life

18th century

Photography by David De Armas Photography. The Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art. 2018.

15th century

Photograph by David De Armas, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2012

Ninth Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje (1555–1603)

ca. 1590

Photograph by David De Armas, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2018.

Yama Dharmaraja

19th century

Illustrated White Beryl Elemental Divination Manuscript; central Tibet; mid-18th century; pigme…

Illustrated White Beryl Elemental Divination Manuscript

mid-18th century

Six-Armed Mahakala; Mongolia; 18th century; gilt copper alloy with semi-precious stones; Rubin …

Six-armed Mahakala

18th century