An antique Tibetan door once belonging to an offering cabinet or tantric torgam. The door is painted with a ferocious scene of a wrathful being holding a knife in one hand. In the background, a figure is being disemboweled by wild animals. Various other body parts and auspicious objects decorate the negative space. The painting combines tantric imagery with wrathful iconography and is meant to strike fear into hindrances while assuring divine protection to practitioners.

Age: 18th to... Click for details

Tibetan painted shrine cabinet featuring dramatic fierce protector deities on its double doors and an exceptional tantric Buddhist painting preserved inside. The exterior displays a pair of wrathful guardian figures—likely manifestations of Mahākāla or other dharma protectors—painted in bold mineral pigments on a deep red ground. Their bulging eyes, flaming hair, and expressive faces are traditional Tibetan motifs used to repel negativity and guard sacred objects stored... Click for details

Antique Tibetan painted cabinet featuring eight individually framed auspicious panels, each rendered in original mineral pigments over a vibrant vermilion-red lacquer ground. The cabinet retains its authentic polychrome surface with rich reds, greens, and golds, along with naturally developed patina from age and monastic use. Each of the eight painted panels incorporates traditional Tibetan auspicious motifs:
Phoenix: A celestial protector associated with liberation from harmful... Click for details

A richly hand painted Tibetan storage chest, its entire painted with a vivid palette of red, orange, green, and gold mineral pigments. The surface is adorned with auspicious imagery, including phoenix-like birds, dragons, and blooming peonies, framed by scrolling floral borders. These motifs symbolize renewal, protection, prosperity, and spiritual abundance—central themes in Tibetan decorative tradition.
The chest is arranged with a series of rectangular panels, each filled with densely... Click for details

An original hand painted Tibetan storage trunk, dating to the late 1800s, decorated with richly painted motifs in mineral pigments. The front panel features a central lotus blossom flanked by scrolling foliage and auspicious symbols, framed within a bold red border accented by repeating characters for longevity. The top and sides, though more subdued with age and wear, retain traces of the original painted surface, enhancing its character and authenticity.
Trunks such as this were... Click for details

Tibetan antique thangka painting of the Fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso (1617–1682). He was born in the Yarlung Valley in Tibet to a family of Nyingma practitioners who were descendants of the Imperial line of the Yarlung Dynasty. In 1622, he was identified as the rebirth of the 4th Dalai Lama. He finished his monastic ordination in 1638.
Often referred to as "the Great Fifth", he is best known for his ambitious endeavor to consolidate power in Tibet, becoming the first Dalai... Click for details

Tibetan antique gilt bronze figure of Amoghasiddhi, the Buddha of "Unfailing Accomplishment". Seated with his hands in abhaya mudra, with his right hand raised in a gesture of assurance as if to say "have no fear".
Amoghasiddhi is one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas or Dhyani Buddhas. He is associated with the qualities required for realization of the Buddhist path: wisdom, perseverance, infallible judgement, and unerring action. He embodies the skandha of volition, mental phenomena, and... Click for details

A rare pair of antique Himalayan Citipati male and female skeletons. Made of gilt copper and with traces of original red, black and white pigment. Citipati "Lord of the Funeral Pyre" or "Lord and Lady of the Cemetery" (known in Sanskrit as (चितिपति) is a protector deity or supernatural being in Tibetan Buddhism. The Citipati is said to be one of the seventy-five forms of Mahakala and represents the eternal dance of death as well as perfect awareness. The male skeleton represents... Click for details

Tibetan antique thangka painting depicting the union of Hayagriva and his consort, Vajravarahi. Hayagriva, a wrathful emanation of Avalokiteshvara, is a popular deity and is especially revered by students. He represents protection against negative forces. His union with Vajravarahi, a wisdom dakini, symbolizes the power and energy that completes and balances Hayagriva's protective and compassionate qualities.
Identifying Hayagirva is the horse's head protruding from his crown and... Click for details

An antique Tibetan temple bell and Vajra both made of bronze. Four prong bronze bell and matching four prong bronze vajra (diamond / thunderbolt). Beautiful design with ritual wear. There is an image of a bodhisattva’s head on the bell handle, a dorje design on outer rim with an embossed relief lotus design on the inner bell. Nice ringing note when sounded.

Age: 19th Century

Bell measures 6 3/4" high by 3 3/4" diameter. Vajra measures 5" long by 1 1/2" in diameter.