Thangka or painting showing a mythological subject with Buddha enshrined, on calico: China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibetan, from a temple at Lhasa

Thangka (painting) depicting Yum Chenmo, the four-armed personification of wisdom, carrying a book of Buddhist teachings and a dorje and making the teaching gesture, on calico with silk brocade mount: Tibet or Nepal, Tibetan, possibly 15th century AD

Thangka (painting) of a goddess, possibly the White Tara, seated on a lotus-throne holding a sceptre in her right hand, with images of Garuda and two small buddhas in upper part, on calico with silk brocade mount: China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Lhasa, Tibetan

Thangka or temple painting showing the God of Knowledge holding a sword to destroy Ignorance, in distemper colours on paper mounted on silk with rollers: China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Xigaze Prefecture, Gyangze, Pelkor Chode Monastery, Tibetan

Thangka or temple painting showing Saint Padma-Sambhava or Guru Rin-po-che in his eight forms, in distemper colours on paper mounted on silk with rollers: China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Xigaze Prefecture, Gyangze, Pelkor Chode Monastery, Tibetan

Thangka or temple painting showing Buddha seated and holding the mystic bowl, and surrounded by Bodhisats, in distemper colours on paper mounted on silk with rollers: China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Xigaze Prefecture, Gyangze, Pelkor Chode Monastery, Tibetan

Thangka or painting showing a Father of the Yellow Hat sect of Lamaism, in distemper on canvas: Tibet

Thangka or painting showing a Father of the Yellow Hat sect of Lamaism, in distemper on canvas: Tibet

Thangka or painting showing a lama seated and holding a rosary and a flower, in distemper on calico, mounted with red, yellow and blue silk borders, and on rollers: Tibet

Thangka or painting showing a god in yellow, seated and holding a rat and a chank shell, in distemper on calico, mounted with red, black and green calico borders, and on rollers: Tibet

Thangka in the form of twelve coloured drawings on paper, of various deities, incarnations, saints, demons, priests and lamas, each inscribed in Tibetan and English: Tibet, by a Tibetan artist

Thangka or temple painting of a yellow Buddha on a lotus throne with disciples and Buddhas around, in distemper on calico with brocaded silk borders on a roller with metal ends and silk veil: Tibet

Thangka or temple painting of Saint Padma-Sambhava enshrined with Buddhas above and Hell and Paradise below, in distemper on calico, mounted with brocaded silk borders on roller with brass ends: Tibetan

Thangka or temple painting of a yellow Buddha seated with disciples with seated images, in distemper on calico, mounted with silk brocade borders and a roller with brass ends: Tibetan

Thangka or temple painting of a seated four-armed deity holding a sword, an arrow and a book, in distemper on calico, mounted on silk brocade with a roller and an inscription on the back: Tibetan

Thangka or temple painting showing an orange-coloured Buddha seated on a lotus, holding a flower-vase in his left hand, with the Green Tara and a four-armed goddess below, in distemper colours on calico, with silk brocade borders on a roller: Tibet