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Gold amphora-rhyton with centaur handles
on each side (3rd BCE). Panagyurishte Golden Treasure.
See also 12-01-01/19
#03050625

Gold amphora-rhyton with centaur handles on each side (3rd BCE). Panagyurishte...

Gilt bronze and silver figure of the enshrined Buddha, 
Sri Lanka, 18th century. The image of Buddha stands in a 
31 cm-high silver arched shrine. The Buddha's right hand faces palm outwards with thumb and forefinger touching, a gesture indicating argument or discussion. The decoration of the arch spews from the mouths of two mythical aquatic monsters.                       OA 1905.6-16.83
#03060119

Gilt bronze and silver figure of the enshrined Buddha, Sri Lanka, 18th century...

A pair of fragments of silk, 3rd - 5th CE. These two fragments might once have formed part of a banner headpiece. When discovered by Sir Aurel Stein (1862-1943), they were stitched together to form a larger triangle backed with plain silk and bordered with red tape. The distinctive motif of paired dragons and winged birds is unlike any other textile found there.                                      OA MAS 926a,b.
#03060148

A pair of fragments of silk, 3rd - 5th CE. These two fragments might once have f...

Pottery jar with dragon handles, chinese, 4th-3rd BCE. This funerary jar of the late Zhou or early Han dynasty is made of grey earthenware. It was clearly intended to imitate a bronze vessel, more expensive and carrying greater status.
Pottery placed in burials that imitated bronze and laquer came into use during the Easter Zhou period (771-221 BCE).
The handles of the jar are in the shape of dragons. 
OA 1933.10-25.1
#03060150

Pottery jar with dragon handles, chinese, 4th-3rd BCE. This funerary jar of the...

Archaistic jade ring in the form of a dragon and a boy, Ming dynasty, 15th-16th century. The Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
had re-established Chinese rule, taking over from the Mongols (Yuan dynasty,1279-1368). Chinese traditions and styles were revived in all things. Many ceramics and jades were modelled on ancient forms.    OA 1885.12-27.93
#03060164

Archaistic jade ring in the form of a dragon and a boy, Ming dynasty, 15th-16th...

Water hog,1590. A tusked aquatic beast, possibly a depiction of a Ganges river dolphin.
ID: Or 3714, fol. F 394 recto
#03060261

Water hog,1590. A tusked aquatic beast, possibly a depiction of a Ganges river d...

Cosmetics palette from Gandhara,Pakistan;              
a man riding a seahorse. 1st-2nd CE                    
Schist 13,7 cm across
#030701 4

Cosmetics palette from Gandhara,Pakistan; a man riding a seahorse....

Ceremonial axe from Daulatabad,Baktria,northern        
Afghanistan,showing a griffin holding two rams.        
End 3rd to early 2nd Mill.BCE. Copper
#030701 5

Ceremonial axe from Daulatabad,Baktria,northern Afghanistan,showing a gr...

Ceremonial axe from Daulatabad,Baktria,northern        
Afghanistan,showing a griffin holding two rams.        
End 3rd to early 2nd Mill.BCE. Copper
#030701 6

Ceremonial axe from Daulatabad,Baktria,northern Afghanistan,showing a gr...

Plate with dog-headed bird, Sasanian, 7th century. Gilded silver dish showing a legendary dog-headed bird known as "senmurw". It appears in the Late Sasanian period of the 6th century in embroidered roundels on textiles. Sometimes it sits on the tree of life and, by beating its wings, scatters the seeds across the earth. In 637 the Sasanians were defeated by an Arab army. ANE 124095
#03070145

Plate with dog-headed bird, Sasanian, 7th century. Gilded silver dish showing a...

Stucco plaque of a legendary dog-headed bird known as senmurw. This fabulous animal first appears in the late Sasanian period of the 6th century in embroidered roundels on textiles. In one tradition it sits on the tree of life and by beating its wings spreads the tree's seeds across the earth.
ANE 135913
#03070146

Stucco plaque of a legendary dog-headed bird known as senmurw. This fabulous ani...

A phenix,mythologicl bird,rising from the ashes.       
Ivory carving,back of chair No.3                       
Detail,total size 58 x 58 cm
#03070161

A phenix,mythologicl bird,rising from the ashes. Ivory carving,back of ch...