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   Painting, Distemper
Works of Art (17)
Black Thanka with Goddess Lha Mo, late 16th century, Tibet, Distemper on cloth (1983.510.1)  
 
Bookcover with scenes from the life of the Buddha, ca. first half of 10th century India or Nepal Ink and color on wood, with metal insets (1979.511)  
 
Buddha Amitayus attended by bodhisattvas, 11th century, Tibet, Distemper on cloth (1989.284)  
 
Buddhist Guardian: Chandamaharoshana, 15th century, Nepal, Distemper and gold on cloth (1994.452)  
 
Mandala of Chandra (God of the Moon), late 14th–early 15th century, Nepal, Distemper on cloth (1981.465) 
 
Mandala of Jnanadakini ,late 14th century, Tibet (a Sakya monastery), Distemper on cloth (1987.16) 
 
Manuscript cover with scenes from Kalidasa's play, Shakuntala, 12th century, Nepal, Ink and color on wood (L.1985.42.28) 
 
Manuscript cover with Vishnu flanked by Lakshmi and Sarasvati, 14th century Nepal Distemper on wood (1986.494.2)  
 
Pair of manuscript covers with Buddhist deities, late 11th century, Nepal, Distemper on wood (1976.192.1-2) 
 
Panel from a Buddhist ritual crown, late 13th–early 14th century, Tibet, Distemper on wood (1997.152)  
 
Portrait of a lama, last quarter of 11th century Tibet (a Kadampa monastery) Distemper on cloth (1991.152)  
 
Portrait of an abbot, ca. 1350 Tibet (a Kagyu monastery) Distemper on cloth (1991.304)  
 
Portrait of Atisha, ca. 1100, Tibet (a Kadampa monastery), Distemper on cloth (1993.479) 
 
Portrait of Jnanatapa surrounded by lamas and mahasiddhas, ca. 1350, Tibet, Riwoche Monastery, Distemper on cloth (1987.144)  
 
Shadakshari Lokeshvara with Deities and Monks, late 15th century, Tibet, Distemper and gold on cloth (1985.390.3)  
 
Yama, mid-17th–early 18th century, Tibet, Ink, distemper, and gold on cloth (69.71)  
 
Yong Zin Khon Shogpel: Seventh Abbot of Ngor Monastery (Sakya Sect), 16th century, Tibet, Distemper and gold on cloth (1971.189)  
 
Thematic Essays (1)