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Intricately carved low tables (choedom) are found in well-to-do houses and are also decorated with auspicious motifs such as the phoenix, the dragon and other designs often of Chinese origin. H: 34 cm, L: 71 cm
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Intricately carved low tables (choedom) are found in well-to-do houses and ar...

Boxes made of multicoloured bamboo strands with locks belong to well-off families and would contain precious clothes or objects. Bamboo, wood, brass H: 46 cm
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Boxes made of multicoloured bamboo strands with locks belong to well-off famil...

Intricately carved low tables (choedom) are found in well-to-do houses and are also decorated with auspicious motifs such as the phoenix, the dragon and other designs often of Chinese origin. H: 34 cm, L: 71 cm
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Intricately carved low tables (choedom) are found in well-to-do houses and ar...

Painted chest with the eight Tibetan good-luck symbols.
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Painted chest with the eight Tibetan good-luck symbols.

Painted wardrobe.
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Painted wardrobe.

Living room-kitchen of a typical Bhutan farmhouse. Lacking chimneys, walls in Bhutanese kitchens are usually black with soot. The kitchen hearth is the only source of heating for the entire house.
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Living room-kitchen of a typical Bhutan farmhouse. Lacking chimneys, walls...

Flowers and birds on a lacquer cabinet.
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Flowers and birds on a lacquer cabinet.

Goddess sitting on a throne, hands folded over her belly. A rich ornamental design covers the body below the breasts. See also 06-01-02/15,16,18,19 H 23 cm, Tisza Culture, from Koekenydomb, Hungary. Inv. 761/42
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Goddess sitting on a throne, hands folded over her belly. A rich ornamental...

Thera Island (Santorini), Greece, was inhabited by a highly civilized population of Cycladic-Minoan culture. The eruption of the island's volcano around 1450 BCE covered with ash what remained of the island. Akrotiri: Bench in front of a house;storage vessel.
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Thera Island (Santorini), Greece, was inhabited by a highly civilized populat...

Two reed-thatched Aunjetitz houses. Reconstruction. Interior of sleeping quarters. Floor level 101 cm below ground level. Early Bronze Age (1800-1500 BCE). From Roeschitz, Austria
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Two reed-thatched Aunjetitz houses. Reconstruction. Interior...

Banqueting scene. Detail from the middle zone of an embossed sheet-bronze situla (two parts joined by rivets) from Vace, Slovenia. See also 07-02-02/36, 37
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Banqueting scene. Detail from the middle zone of an embossed shee...

Goddess (princess) on throne holding a flowering plant. Detail of a Scythian felt cloth (around 5th-4th BCE) preserved 2000 years in a frozen tomb in the Paryryk Valley, Altai Mountains, Russia. Size of preserved part: 28.35 square meters
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Goddess (princess) on throne holding a flowering plant. Detail of a Scyth...