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OLD AGE

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625 photos
Jayavarman VII, last great Khmer king who built        
Angkor Thom as his residence at the end of the         
12th century.                                          
Angkor period, end 12th, early 13th                    
Sandstone 41,5 cm
#05010452

Jayavarman VII, last great Khmer king who built Angkor Thom as his resid...

Jayavarman VII, last great Khmer king who built        
Angkor Thom as his residence at the end of the         
12th century. Side-view of 05-01-04/52                 
Angkor period, end 12th, early 13th                    
Sandstone, 41,5 cm       Ka 989
#05010453

Jayavarman VII, last great Khmer king who built Angkor Thom as his resid...

Buddha, standing.                                      
Northern Wei, end 5th CE, style of Yun Kang (Cave XVI) 
Limestone, 132 x 50 cm                                 
EO 2730
#050105 2

Buddha, standing. Northern Wei, end 5th CE...

Buddha, sitting in meditation, dried, polychrome clay. 
H: 32 cm, L: 17 cm                                     
From Fundukistan monastery in the Ghorband Valley,     
Afghanistan, around 600 CE                             
MG 21444
#05010530

Buddha, sitting in meditation, dried, polychrome clay. H: 32 cm, L: 17 cm...

Buddha, sitting in meditation,dried, polycvhrome clay. 
H:51 cm, L: 42 cm                                      
From the Fundukistan monastery, niche C, Ghorband      
Valley, Afghanistan, 7th-8th CE                        
EO 1055
#05010531

Buddha, sitting in meditation,dried, polycvhrome clay. H:51 cm, L: 42 cm...

Buddha, sitting in meditation, panel of a portable     
altar, wood, with traces of paint.                     
Size: 26 x 11 x 5 cm                                   
From Dulduz Aqur (Kucha), 6th-end 7th CE
#05010536

Buddha, sitting in meditation, panel of a portable altar, wood, with traces...

Scenes from the life of Buddha.                        
Stone, H: 11 cm, L: 37 cm                              
From Dumhuang                                          
MA 3397
#05010544

Scenes from the life of Buddha. Stone, H: 11 cm, L: 37 c...

Painted niche, stucco, with meditating Buddha,         
polychrome stucco, H: 30 cm, L: 23 cm                  
Gandhara style, Afghan school.                         
MG 21810
#05010549

Painted niche, stucco, with meditating Buddha, polychrome stucco, H: 30...

Buddha of the "great miracle".                         
Limestone with traces of gilding.                      
H: 83 cm, 3rd - 4th CE                                 
Gandhara-style, from Paitava, near Charikar, Kapica.   
MG 17478
#05010551

Buddha of the "great miracle". Limestone with traces of...

Head of a Bodhisattva (or Buddha)                      
Stucco, H: 14,5 cm, around 4th CE                      
Gandhara-style, from Tapa-i-Kafariha                   
MG 17292
#05010552

Head of a Bodhisattva (or Buddha) Stucco, H: 14,5 cm, arou...

Fresco with Buddhas in the cupola of a grotto.         
H: 100 cm, diameter: 300 cm                            
Gandhara-style, from Kakrak (Bamiyan)                  
7th-8th CE                                             
MG 17901-17906
#05010558

Fresco with Buddhas in the cupola of a grotto. H: 100 cm, diameter: 300...

Fragment from the "miracle of Sravasti";               
two anthropomorphous Naga-Kings emerge from a pool.    
Dried clay with traces of paint, H: 40 cm, L: 60 cm    
Afghan art, around 600 CE                              
MG 18957
#05010561

Fragment from the "miracle of Sravasti"; two anthropomorphous Nag...