Floor plan

Time and placeThe Himalayas

The Himalayas

Nagarjuna (c. 150–250 CE) with a Buddhist Master, c. 1300s
Painting
Sadaksari-Lokeshvara Surrounded by Manifestations and Monks, late 15th century
Vibrantly colored mythical scene depicting people, animals, and dragons in front of mountains.
Painting
A scene in green, orange, and blue depicts a large robed figure seated prominently in the foreground, a small standing figure beside him, and a tiny, seated, floating figure above him, mountains in the background.
Portrait of a monk, possibly Chen Nga Tshultrim Bar, extending a blessing, late 11th–early 12th century
Manuscript folio

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

Works made in the Himalayas, from every century in the collection.

Section 1, north wall

  1. Nagarjuna (c. 150–250 CE) with a Buddhist Master, c. 1300s
    Nagarjuna (c. 150–250 CE) with a Buddhist MasterUnrecorded Himalayan maker, c. 1300sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. Painting
    The sage-physician Dhanvantari, folio from the “Sixth” Bhagavata Purana series, also known as the “small” Guler-Basohli seriesManaku, ca. 1735-1740Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
  3. Sadaksari-Lokeshvara Surrounded by Manifestations and Monks, late 15th century
    Sadaksari-Lokeshvara Surrounded by Manifestations and MonksUnrecorded Himalayan maker, late 15th centuryCourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  4. Vibrantly colored mythical scene depicting people, animals, and dragons in front of mountains.
    Milarepa on Mount KailashUnrecorded Himalayan maker, c. 1500Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Section 1, south wall

  1. Painting
    Maharao Umed Singh hunting tigersHans Raj Joshi, 1787Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
  2. A scene in green, orange, and blue depicts a large robed figure seated prominently in the foreground, a small standing figure beside him, and a tiny, seated, floating figure above him, mountains in the background.
    Arhat Vanavasin, One of the Sixteen Great Arhats, from a Set of Twenty-ThreeTibeto-Chinese, late 17th/early 18th centuryCourtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. Portrait of a monk, possibly Chen Nga Tshultrim Bar, extending a blessing, late 11th–early 12th century
    Portrait of a monk, possibly Chen Nga Tshultrim Bar, extending a blessingUnrecorded Himalayan maker, late 11th–early 12th centuryCourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  4. Manuscript folio
    The poet Sundar Das before Emperor Shah Jahan, folio from a Sundar ShringarNainsukh, ca. 1750-1760Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution

Section 2, south wall

  1. Lineage Portrait of an Abbot, ca. 1350
    Lineage Portrait of an AbbotUnrecorded Himalayan maker, ca. 1350Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Mahasiddha Jnanatapa, ca. 1350
    Mahasiddha JnanatapaUnrecorded Himalayan maker, ca. 1350Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. Painting
    Sadashiva worshipped by ParvatiDevidasa, ca. 1690Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
  4. Green Tara, by Aniko, c. 1260s, mounted 2020
    Green TaraAniko, c. 1260s, mounted 2020Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Section 2, north wall

  1. A work made of pigment and gold on cotton.
    Double-Sided Painted Banner (Paubha) with God ShivaUnrecorded Himalayan maker, 16th-17th centuryCourtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. Painting
    Ancestral group of Mughal rulersGovardhan, 18th centuryCourtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution