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A farmhouse in the Brahmaputra valley.
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A farmhouse in the Brahmaputra valley.

A Tibetan woman sweeps the last kernels from the       
threshing floor in front of her house.
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A Tibetan woman sweeps the last kernels from the threshing floor in front...

Tibetan farmers winnowing barley on the threshing floor
in front of their house.
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Tibetan farmers winnowing barley on the threshing floor in front of their house.

Tibetan women use winnowing fans to separate           
corn from chaff.
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Tibetan women use winnowing fans to separate corn from chaff.

View from Kampala Pass (4.800 m) into the valley       
of the Brahmaputra.
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View from Kampala Pass (4.800 m) into the valley of the Brahmaputra.

Vase,mounted on a circular base, blue glass.
Relief ornament of leaves. Graeco-Roman origin.
H: 18,5 cm
From the Treasure of Begram, Afghanistan, 1st CE
MG 21279
In the 1st and 2nd centuries Begram was the capital city of
the Kushan Empire. The Tresure is indicatice of intense
commercial exchanges between Han China,Indian, Hellenistic and Roman artworks.
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Vase,mounted on a circular base, blue glass. Relief ornament of leaves. Graeco-...

Bottle, blue glass, with ornaments of glass rolls.     
1st CE  graeco-roman                                   
From the Begram Treasure, Afghanistan, Room 10         
MG 19087
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Bottle, blue glass, with ornaments of glass rolls. 1st CE graeco-roman...

Balsamary in the form of a galley.                     
Glass, L: 32, H: 11 cm Graeco-Roman                    
From the Treasure of Begram, Afghanistan, 1st BCE      
MG 21840
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Balsamary in the form of a galley. Glass, L: 32, H: 11 cm G...

Striped plate, blue glass.                             
H: 6,5, diameter 22,8 cm Graeco-Roman                  
Treasure of Begram, Afghanistan, 1st-2nd CE            
From Phoenician workshops or from Alexandria.          
MG 19078
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Striped plate, blue glass. H: 6,5, diameter 22,8 cm...

Glass vase showing Europa raped by Zeus the bull.      
From the Begram Treasure, Room 13                      
Graeco-Roman glass from Alexandria, 1st CE             
MG 21228
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Glass vase showing Europa raped by Zeus the bull. From the Begram Treasure...

Fish, glass. An example of the trade relations         
between Rome and the region of Kushan. 1 st CE         
MG 19087
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Fish, glass. An example of the trade relations between Rome and the reg...

Medallion with Ganymed sacrificing at an altar.        
Plaster, diameter: 14 cm                               
From the Treasure of Begram, Afghanistan, Room 13      
MG 194
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Medallion with Ganymed sacrificing at an altar. Plaster, diameter: 14 cm...