A collection of Tibetan religious prints, including scenes from the life of the Buddha, portraits of various deities and saints as well as maṇḍalas, lungta (རླུང་རྟ) and other protective charms. Reproduced around 1970 from older print block held in the collections of Tibetan Buddhist monasteries ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
1900-1971
Extent:
98 wood block prints mostly on Daphne paper and of varying sizes between 30x25cm and 50x60cm.
Two rubbing inscriptions of the Stele of Sulaiman from the Mogao Caves. '莫高窟' (Mogao Caves) shows on the top, following a four-armed Avalokiteshvara seated in the middle. Surrounding the Boddhisattvas are 'Om mani padme hum' in Sanskrit, Tibetan, Chinese, Mongolian, Phags-pa, and Tangut. The st...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, Mongolian, Sanskrit, Tangut, Tibetan, and Uighur