A woodblock print of Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava). Extent: One woodblock print. Size and dimensions of original material: 39 x 29 cm, folding to 9.75 x 29 cm. Condition of original material: Some ink faded, small paper holes.
An unidentified offering deity drawing on hand made paper, folded into three sections. Images of unidentified goddesses. Extent: One drawing. Size and dimensions of original material: 10 x 16 cm folding to 20 x 5.5 cm.
A carved wooden block, for printing an image of a single enchained figure on to cloth or paper, for hanging outside a house, above the door, as a protection from malicious and evil spirits. The carving is rich with decorative detail and mantra text. Carved on one side only. Extent: One wooden pri...
A carved wooden block, for printing an image consisting of concentric circles of mantra text on to cloth or paper, for hanging outside a house, above the door, as a protection from malicious and evil spirits. The carving is rich with decorative detail. Carved on one side only. Extent: One wooden ...
A short text. A book of drawings and instructions for a fire ceremony. A text related to the Pema Lingpa གུ་རུ་པདྨ་གླིང་ tradition of the Nyingma school. འགུ་རུ་པདྨ་སླིང་པའི་དྲགས་པོ་དམར་ཆེན་གྱི་ལས་སློགས་ཙཀྲའི་དེང་ཆུང་བཞུགས་སོ། as written གུ་རུ་པདྨ་གླིང་པའི་དྲགས་པོ་དམར་ཆེན་གྱི་ལས་ལོགས་ཙཀྲའི་དེབ་ཆུ...
A drawing / painting of a Garuda figure and text. On handmade paper mounted on to cloth and folded into three. Extent: One drawing / painting. Size and dimensions of original material: 20.5 x 18 cm , folding to 6.5 x 20.5 cm. Condition of original material: Some staining. Paper damage in the fold...
Two parts of a drawing of a mandala. Hand drawn on to thick hand made paper which has been folded into six sections and again into five section. The middle section has been lost. A mandala used during fire ceremonies, an explanatory diagram of image and text. Extent: Two remaining sections from a...
An astrological thangka/ divination chart, used to calculate auspicious and inauspicious dates for an individual, depending on their day, month and year of birth. Made from handmade paper coated in a wheat paste gesso ground. Stored in a wooden tube with copper end pieces. Image shows zodiacal ye...
A cloth pouch and assorted beans of three colours: black, white and red-brown. The beans are used with the astrological thangka, a counting tool to assist with divination. Extent: One pouch and numerous beans. Size and dimensions of original material: Pouch is 15 cm x 7 cm.
