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Painting, Watercolour, Plastic Arts, Woodcuts, Etching, Drawing.



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Altars

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ARMOURS

Book Illumination

BOOK ILLUMINATION

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Ceramic

CERAMIC

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DRAWING

Enamel

ENAMEL

Engravings

ENGRAVINGS

Fresco and Wallpainting

FRESCO AND WALLPAINTING

Goldsmith Works

GOLDSMITH WORKS

Handicraft

HANDICRAFT

Jewelry

JEWELRY

Mosaics

MOSAICS

Painting

PAINTING

Plastic Arts

PLASTIC ARTS

Posters

POSTERS

Prints

PRINTS

Relief

RELIEF

Sculpture

SCULPTURE

Silverwork

SILVERWORK

Textile Works

TEXTILE WORKS

Watercolour

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Schist head of the fasting Buddha, Pakistan, 2nd-3rd CE. It captures the time when the Buddha pursued austerities. He then realized that the "Middle Way", a more moderate life of meditation and moral conduct led to nirvana. This "Middle Way" is still a key feature of Buddhism today. OA 1907.12-28.1
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Schist head of the fasting Buddha, Pakistan, 2nd-3rd CE. It captures the time w...

Grey schist relief panel of figures venerating a stupa, late 1st-2nd CE. The procession of figures are performing the rite of pradakshina, the circumambulation of a stupa in clockwise direction. They are led by a figure carrying a lamp. On the other side two monks with tonsured heads are worshipping the stupa. OA 1902.10-2.29
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Grey schist relief panel of figures venerating a stupa, late 1st-2nd CE. The pro...

Inscribed stele with the yakshi Ambika, Paramara dynasty, 1034. Ambika is worshipped by both Hindus and Jains. This statue is an extraordinary document because it gives the date, 1034-35, and the name of scribe and donor, a woman named Sosa. According to the record, Sosa also established an image of Sarasvati, goddess of learning. OA 1880-19
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Inscribed stele with the yakshi Ambika, Paramara dynasty, 1034. Ambika is worshi...

Pillar capital, Kushan dynasty, 1st CE. Covered with Prakrit inscriptions in the Kharoshthi script, the form of writing of acient north-western India. Between the two lions is a square crowning relief bearing auspicious symbols like the triratna,which stands for the veneration of the Buddha, his monastic order and dharma, the code of religious conduct that the Buddha professed. OA 1889.3-14.1
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Pillar capital, Kushan dynasty, 1st CE. Covered with Prakrit inscriptions in the...

Stone head of Buddha, Gupta, India, 5th century.
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Stone head of Buddha, Gupta, India, 5th century.

Terracotta head of a bodhisattva, from Akhnur,Kashmir, 5th - 6th century. The heads from Akhnur resemble the best Gandhara stuccoes but also show the influence of the Gupta sculptures.
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Terracotta head of a bodhisattva, from Akhnur,Kashmir, 5th - 6th century. The h...

Sandstone stele of Lakulisha, Central India. Lakulisha is an aspect of the Hindu God Shiva standing on the dwarf of ignorance, flanked by tow diminutive figures, hands clasped respectfully before the god. Lakulisha's common features are the all-seeing third eye, the erect phallus and Apasmara, a symbol of illusion, ignorance and ego. OA 1968.12-16.2
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Sandstone stele of Lakulisha, Central India. Lakulisha is an aspect of the Hindu...

Five-headed bust of Shiva, third divinity of Hindu trinity (trimurti),mid-tenth. From Cambodia.
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Five-headed bust of Shiva, third divinity of Hindu trinity (trimurti),mid-tenth....

Bronze figure of Maitreya, excavated near the Helmand river, Afghanistan, 10th CE. It shows the bodhisattva Maitreya seated in the lotus position on a throne. He has a bare torso and wears a flowing, diaphanous garment. Ths figure shows affinity with the contemporary style of imagery from Kashmir. OA 1957.2-1.3
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Bronze figure of Maitreya, excavated near the Helmand river, Afghanistan, 10th C...

Sandstone stele with a figure of Harihara, Indian, 10th. The main four-armed standing figure is divided verticlly through the centre, its proper right-side (that is on the left of this picture) is Shiva, and the left Vishnu. Shivas hair is built up in an elaborate coif with serpent and skull. His third eye has been incised on Shiva's side of the face. Vishnu wears a tall,kingly crown, in his ear an elaborate earring and in his hands he holds his attributes of the conch and wheel. OA 1872.7-1.75
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Sandstone stele with a figure of Harihara, Indian, 10th. The main four-armed sta...

Sandstone figure of Surya, the Hindu Sun God, central India, 11th. He is flanked on eithert side by the female attendants Usha and Pratiusha, the two aspects o the dawn that drive away darkness. His seven-horse chariot, seen at the bottom of the stele, is shown with Surya's charioteer, Aruna. His image is similar to several images of Vishnu. Though they had separate cults, they are both solar gods in early Vedic texts. OA 1872.7-1.56
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Sandstone figure of Surya, the Hindu Sun God, central India, 11th. He is flanked...

Schist sculpture of a four-faced linga, India, around 800. The Hindu god Shiva is usually worshipped in the form of a linga, an erect phallus. The four faces, each pointing in a cardinal direction, allude to Shiva's most prominent aspects, Bhairava, Shiva in his terrifying form, two faces showing a withdrawn and ascetic attitude and Parvati, his consort, the embodiment of feminie power. OA 1880-24
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Schist sculpture of a four-faced linga, India, around 800. The Hindu god Shiva...