Tibet

Personified Ritual Dagger (Vajrakila) in Ritual Embrace (Yab-yum)

Art Institute of Chicago · 16th century

Copper repoussé over wood · decorative object/ornament

Eleven-Headed Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara

Art Institute of Chicago · 17th/18th century

Bronze with gold, pigments, and semiprecious stones · bronze

Tantric Female Enlightened Being (Vajrayogini) Holding a Skull Cup

Art Institute of Chicago · 18th century

Silver, gilt silver, and gilt copper alloy · sculpture

Vajradhara Buddha Seated Holding a Thunderbolt (Vajra) and Bell (Ghanta)

Art Institute of Chicago · 15th century

Silver and semiprecious stones · silver

Buddhist Deity Vajrasattva with Bell (Ghanta) and Thunderbolt (Vajra)

Art Institute of Chicago · 18th century

Brass with coral and turquoise · brass

Painted Banner (Thangka) with Guru Dragpur, a Wrathful Form of Padmasambhava

Art Institute of Chicago · 18th/19th century

Pigment on silk · thangka

Painted Banner (Thangka) of Bodhisattva Maitreya Surrounded by his Retinue

Art Institute of Chicago · 16th century

Opaque watercolor and gold on cotton · thangka

Buddha Triumphing over Mara (Maravijaya)

Art Institute of Chicago · 16th century

Gilt bronze · bronze

Milarepa on Mount Kailash

Art Institute of Chicago · c. 1500

Pigment and gold on cotton · thangka

Group of 17 Tibetan bone apron ornaments

Minneapolis Institute of Art · 16th–19th century

Bone (likely buffalo) · Ceremonial Objects, Jewelry/Adornment

Medallion rug

Minneapolis Institute of Art · c. 1900

Wool warp, wool weft, wool pile · Textiles

Medallion rug

Minneapolis Institute of Art · c. 1900

Wool warp, wool weft, wool pile · Textiles

Rug

Minneapolis Institute of Art · c. 1900

Cotton warps, wool weft, wool pile · Textiles

Sakyatubpa (Shakyamuni) Buddha

Minneapolis Institute of Art · 1440–70

Opaque watercolor and gold on cotton · Paintings

Khorlo Demchog Embracing Dorje Phagmo

Minneapolis Institute of Art · Yongle period, 1403–1424

Gilt bronze · Sculpture

Chorten

Minneapolis Institute of Art · 13th century

Brass · Metalwork

Dorje drilbu (Bell with vajra handle)

Minneapolis Institute of Art · 19th century

Metal · Metalwork

Khaden (sleeping rug)

Minneapolis Institute of Art · 19th–early 20th century

Wool warp, wool weft, wool pile · Textiles

Medallion rug

Minneapolis Institute of Art · 19th–early 20th century

Wool warp, wool weft, wool pile · Textiles

Prayer wheel

Minneapolis Institute of Art · 18th-19th century

Silver, wood, and paper · Metalwork

Rta mgrin (Hayagriva)

Minneapolis Institute of Art · 18th century

Copper alloy, semi-precious stones · Sculpture

Rug

Minneapolis Institute of Art · 19th–early 20th century

Wool warp, wool weft, wool pile · Textiles

Rug

Minneapolis Institute of Art · 19th–early 20th century

Cotton warps, wool weft, wool pile · Textiles

Rug

Minneapolis Institute of Art · 19th–early 20th century

Wool warp, wool weft, wool pile · Textiles