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White eagle. Embroidery on silk. China; Song dynasty.
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White eagle. Embroidery on silk. China; Song dynasty.

Prancing horse. Rubbing from a tomb. China; Han dynasty, 206 BCE - 220 CE.
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Prancing horse. Rubbing from a tomb. China; Han dynasty, 206 BCE - 220 CE.

Nobleman accompanied by his squire (fragment from a scene with the life of Buddha). Wallpainting from Dun Huang. China; Tang dynasty, 7th century CE. Inv. EO 1153.
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Nobleman accompanied by his squire (fragment from a scene with the life of Buddh...

Emperor Tang Xuanzong (685-762) watching his fafourite concubine Yang Guifei mount a horse. She was one of the Four Beauties of ancient China. Tang dynasty; 8th century CE.
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Emperor Tang Xuanzong (685-762) watching his fafourite concubine Yang Guifei mou...

"Je Su, the Pig, is put to death", propaganda against the foreigners. Chinese woodblock print. Qing dynasty, 19th century CE. From the Church Missionary Society Archives.
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"Je Su, the Pig, is put to death", propaganda against the foreigners. Chinese wo...

Young prince Shri Raga (Rama) sitting in a pavillion listens to music played by the sage Narada and Tamburu (wearing a hose head). From the Ramayana epic by Valmiki. India; Rajasthani miniature painting, 17th century.
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Young prince Shri Raga (Rama) sitting in a pavillion listens to music played by...

Saveri Ragini. The capture of snakes in a jungle of wild animals. India; Malwa miniature painting from a musical mode. 17th century.
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Saveri Ragini. The capture of snakes in a jungle of wild animals. India; Malwa m...

A procession of elephants of the Nawab Muhammad Yusaf Ali Rampur (ruled 1855-64) with his family and ministers escorted from his own encampment by his household troops, two high-ranking British cavalry officers and a squadron of the Queen's own 7th (Light) Dragoons, to the encampment of Lord Canning for the durbar held at Fatehgarh on 15th November 1889. (the term durbar was used to describe formal imperial assemblies marking state occasions). Watercolour, 1859. Shelfmark: Add.Or.4660
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A procession of elephants of the Nawab Muhammad Yusaf Ali Rampur (ruled 1855-64)...

An official of the British East India Company riding on an elephant, with an escort of footsoldiers and mounted Indian retainers. Mughal, end of 18th century.
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An official of the British East India Company riding on an elephant, with an esc...

Muharram festival. Inscribed: "Mooharrum Procession. Mussalmann". Gouache on mica; 1830-1840.
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Muharram festival. Inscribed: "Mooharrum Procession. Mussalmann". Gouache on mic...

Adam and Eve, Original Sin. Commentary on the Apocalypse, published in 776 by Beatus of Liebana (730 -798, Spanish monk and theologian). This commentary was popular during the Middle Ages and survives in over 30 manuscripts (usually called Beatus) from the 10th through the 13th century.
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Adam and Eve, Original Sin. Commentary on the Apocalypse, published in 776 by Be...

Peter the Hermit shows the crusaders the way to Jerusalem during the first crusade. From the manuscript "Roman du Chevalier du Cygne". Peter the Hermit (died 1131) was a priest of Amiens, and a leader of the First Crusade. According to Anna Comnena, he attempted to go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem before 1096, but was prevented by the Turks from reaching his destination. Illuminated manuscript on parchment; about 1270 Ms 3139 fol. 176v
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Peter the Hermit shows the crusaders the way to Jerusalem during the first crusa...