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Early Himalayan Art

A full catalogue of the Ashmolean's collection of diverse works from the formative periods of Himalayan art, c. AD 700-1400 by Amy Heller (published Oxford, 2008).

Early Himalayan Art by Amy Heller

Catalogue

Seated figure of the Buddha (EA1996.1) 1. Seated figure of the Buddha (EA1996.1) Stele with Avalokiteshvara holding a lotus (EA1997.185) 2. Stele with Avalokiteshvara holding a lotus (EA1997.185) Stone fragment depicting narrative scenes in relief (EA2000.40) 3. Stone fragment depicting narrative scenes in relief (EA2000.40)
Stone slab with yaksha, or nature spirit, in relief (EA1995.95) 4. Stone slab with yaksha, or nature spirit, in relief (EA1995.95) Seated figure of the Buddha (EAOS.63) 5. Seated figure of the Buddha (EAOS.63) Figure of Yama, god of death on his buffalo (EA1999.58) 6. Figure of Yama, god of death on his buffalo (EA1999.58)
Figure of Garuda, the man-bird vehicle of Vishnu (EA1996.2) 7. Figure of Garuda, the man-bird vehicle of Vishnu (EA1996.2)   Figure of the Buddha Sakyamuni (LI1026.2) 8. Figure of the Buddha Sakyamuni (LI1026.2) Seated figure of Padmapani (EA1993.381.a) 9. Seated figure of Padmapani (EA1993.381.a)
Figure of Samvara and his consort Vajravarahi (EA1994.135) 10. Figure of Samvara and his consort Vajravarahi (EA1994.135) [obj]LI181.75[/obj] Figure of the Crowned Buddha (EA1996.3) 12. Figure of the Crowned Buddha (EA1996.3)
Tokcha in the form of Garuda (EA2000.187) 13. Tokcha in the form of Garuda (EA2000.187) Figure of Avalokiteshvara (EA1995.153) 14. Figure of Avalokiteshvara (EA1995.153) Silver vase with pairs of phoenixes (EA1999.98) 15. Silver vase with pairs of phoenixes (EA1999.98)
Buckle with lions (EA2000.104) 16. Buckle with lions (EA2000.104) Anthropomorphic pendant (EA2000.105) 17. Anthropomorphic pendant (EA2000.105) Plaque with rampant lion and vajras (EA2000.106) 18. Plaque with rampant lion and vajras (EA2000.106)
Talismanic plaque, or tokcha, with hybrid animal (EA2002.3) 19. Talismanic plaque, or tokcha, with hybrid animal (EA2002.3) Seated figure of a bodhisattva (EA2002.4) 20. Seated figure of a bodhisattva (EA2002.4) Prabha, or backplate to a Buddhist image (EA1994.124) 21. Prabha, or backplate to a Buddhist image (EA1994.124)
Seated figure of a bodhisattva (EA1996.8) 22. Seated figure of a bodhisattva (EA1996.8) Seated figure of a bodhisattva (EA1996.9) 23. Seated figure of a bodhisattva (EA1996.9) Seated figure of the Buddha (EA1997.187) 24. Seated figure of the Buddha (EA1997.187)
Figure of Avalokiteshvara (EA2000.24) 25. Figure of Avalokiteshvara (EA2000.24) Seated figure of the Buddha with attendants (EA2001.152) 26. Seated figure of the Buddha with attendants (EA2001.152) Plaque with fifty-one Buddhas (EA2001.153) 27. Plaque with fifty-one Buddhas (EA2001.153)
Talismanic plaque, or tokcha, with confronted horses (EA2001.154) 28. Talismanic plaque, or tokcha, with confronted horses (EA2001.154) Figure of the Crowned Buddha (EA1997.12) 29. Figure of the Crowned Buddha (EA1997.12) Standing figure of a bodhisattva (EA2002.34) 30. Standing figure of a bodhisattva (EA2002.34)
Standing figure of the Buddha (EA1994.134) 31. Standing figure of the Buddha (EA1994.134) Seated figure of Manjushri (EA1995.94) 32. Seated figure of Manjushri (EA1995.94) Talismanic plaque, or tokcha, with stupa or chorten (EA2000.20) 33. Talismanic plaque, or tokcha, with stupa or chorten (EA2000.20)
Talismanic plaque, or tokcha, with horse and rider (EA2000.109) 34. Talismanic plaque, or tokcha, with horse and rider (EA2000.109) Lion talismanic plaque, or tokcha (EA2000.29) 35. Lion talismanic plaque, or tokcha (EA2000.29) Figure of the Akshobhya Buddha (EA2000.30) 36. Figure of the Akshobhya Buddha (EA2000.30)
Figure of Manjushri, Bodhisattva of Wisdom (EA1994.116) 37. Figure of Manjushri, Bodhisattva of Wisdom (EA1994.116)   Figure of Avalokiteshvara (EA1995.154) 38. Figure of Avalokiteshvara (EA1995.154) Buddhist book cover (EA1998.27) 39. Buddhist book cover (EA1998.27)
Seated figure of the Vairocana Buddha (EA2000.43) 40. Seated figure of the Vairocana Buddha (EA2000.43) Figure of a bodhisattva, probably Manjushri (EA2000.107) 41. Figure of a bodhisattva, probably Manjushri (EA2000.107) Talismanic plaque, or tokcha, with confronted peacocks (EA2000.108) 42. Talismanic plaque, or tokcha, with confronted peacocks (EA2000.108)
Khyung tokcha (EA2000.186) 43. Khyung tokcha (EA2000.186) Figure of Maitreya, the future Buddha (EA2002.178) 44. Figure of Maitreya, the future Buddha (EA2002.178) [obj]LI181.62[/obj]
[obj]LI181.63[/obj] [obj]LI181.64[/obj] [obj]LI181.65[/obj]
[obj]LI181.4[/obj] [obj]LI181.12[/obj] Prabha with a Tibetan lama (EA1994.117) 51. Prabha with a Tibetan lama (EA1994.117)
Seated figure of the Buddha (EA2000.1) 52. Seated figure of the Buddha (EA2000.1) Fragmentary figure of Vajravarahi (EA2000.117) 53. Fragmentary figure of Vajravarahi (EA2000.117) Kadampa chorten (EA1997.20) 54. Kadampa chorten (EA1997.20)
[obj]LI181.8[/obj] Portrait of a lama with beaming expression of kindness (LI1026.1) 56. Portrait of a lama with beaming expression of kindness (LI1026.1) Figure of Mahasiddha Tilopa (EA1995.155) 57. Figure of Mahasiddha Tilopa (EA1995.155)
Mantra talismanic plaque, or tokcha (EA1995.156) 58. Mantra talismanic plaque, or tokcha (EA1995.156) Amulet box with Jambhala, god of plenty (EA1996.101) 59. Amulet box with Jambhala, god of plenty (EA1996.101) Kadampa chorten or stupa (EA1997.199) 60. Kadampa chorten or stupa (EA1997.199)
Mandala of Guhyasamaja-Manjuvajra (EA2007.246) 61. Mandala of Guhyasamaja-Manjuvajra (EA2007.246)
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