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Buddha Shakyamuni and Stories of his Previous Lives; Tibet; mid-late 14th century; pigments on …

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Buddha Shakyamuni and Stories of his Previous Lives; Tibet; mid-late 14th century; pigments on …

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

Buddha Shakyamuni and Stories of his Previous Lives; Tibet; mid-late 14th century; pigments on …

Photograph by David De Armas, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2022

Photograph by David De Armas, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2022

Photograph by David De Armas, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2022

Photograph by David De Armas, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2022

Photograph by David De Armas, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2022

Photograph by David De Armas, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2022

Photograph by David De Armas, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2022

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

Stories of the Previous Lives of the Buddha (Jataka)

Late 17th-18th century

Stories of Noble Deeds (Avadana); Central Tibet; late 18th-19th century; pigments on cloth; Rub…

Stories of Noble Deeds (Avadana)

late 18th-19th century

Shakyamuni Buddha, Jataka (Previous Lives); eastern Tibet; 19th century; pigments on cloth; Rub…

Past Lives of Shakyamuni Buddha
After Situ’s set of the Past Lives of Shakyamuni Buddha

19th century

Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art

Stories of the Noble Deeds (Avadana), After a Set Designed by Situ Panchen (1700–1774) Illustrating Kshemendra’s Avadanakalpanada

19th century

Photograph by Gavin Ashworth, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2013

Bodhisattva Maitreya

17th - 18th century

Life Story of Tsongkapa (1357-1419); Tibet; 18th century; pigments on cloth; Rubin Museum of Hi…

Life Story of Tsongkapa (1357-1419)

18th century

Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art

Indian Master Shantarakshita (active 8th century) and Scenes from his Life

19th century

Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, C2006.66.610

Tonpa Shenrab with Episodes from His Life

18th - 19th century

Photograph by David De Armas, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2016.

Scenes from the Life of Jamyang Tutob Wangchuk (1588-1637)

17th century

Photograph by Bruce M. White, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2011

Mandala of Chandra

ca.1500

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

Phakmo Drupa Dorje Gyelpo (1110-1170) with His Previous Incarnations and Episodes from His Life

ca. 1270

Photograph by Bruce M. White, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2011.

Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339)

19th century