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Holi Hindu spring festival with nobleman throwing red powder and woman playing sitar Illuminated manuscript by anonymous Oudh artist; 1782
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Holi Hindu spring festival with nobleman throwing red powder and woman playing s...

An elephant in a jungle. Detail of the back of a chair. Ivory carving,back of chair No.3 Detail,total size 58 x 58 cm In the 1st and 2nd centuries Begram was the capital city of the Kushan Empire. The Begran Treasure is idicative of intense commercial exchanges between all cultural centers from Han China to Greco-Roman and Hellenistic artwork.
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An elephant in a jungle. Detail of the back of a chair. Ivory carving,back of c...

A hunter in the woods. Ivory carving,back of chair No.3 Detail,total size 58 x 58 cm
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A hunter in the woods. Ivory carving,back of ch...

Two dancers. Ivory carving,back of chair No.3 Detail,total size 58 x 58 cm
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Two dancers. Ivory carving,back of ch...

Fashionably clothed lady with flower;1st CE Plate No.12,one element of cask IX. Ivory,18,7 x 5 x 0,3 cm
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Fashionably clothed lady with flower;1st CE Plate No.12,one element...

Skeleton,from the Monastery of Tapa-Kalan Hadda,Afghanistan. 3rd-4th CE Stucco,11 x 6 x 5 cm TK 68
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Skeleton,from the Monastery of Tapa-Kalan Hadda,Afghanistan. 3rd-4...

Funerary statue from Kafiristan,Afghanistan Pinewood,100 x 25 x 17 cm
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Funerary statue from Kafiristan,Afghanistan Pinewood,100 x 25 x 17 c...

Funerary statue from Kafiristan,Afghanistan Pinewood,130 x 37 x 30 cm
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Funerary statue from Kafiristan,Afghanistan Pinewood,130 x 37 x 30 c...

Gold masks, Parthian, from Nineveh, northern Iraq, 2nd century. These gold masks come from graves on the site of the former Late Assyrian citadel at Nineveh. They were discovered in 1852. The graves date to a period when Nineveh was an an important town in the independent state of Adiabene, situated between the Parthian and Roman empires. Occasional finds of Roman pottery, coins and military equipment hint that Nineveh may have briefly been incorporated within the eastern Roman Empire. In the graves bodies had been placed in stone-lined cists roughly built from slabs of stone. It is not clear exactly how many tombs were discovered. The tomb from which these masks came possibly contained two bodies, one of which was identified by the excavator as a woman. A pair of fine earrings was also found in the tomb, together with a covering for the eyes, finger rings, gold buttons and beads and a coin of the Roman emperor Tiberius (reigned AD 14-37). The masks were placed over the faces of the corpses. This tradition is also attested from burials excavated in the eastern Roman Empire, reinforcing the evidence for cultural links between Rome and its eastern neighbours during this period. ANE, 123894;ANE, 123895
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Gold masks, Parthian, from Nineveh, northern Iraq, 2nd century. These gold masks...

Carnelian seal stone, Sasanian, 5th century. This is an exceptionally large and finely carved Sasanian carnelian seal stone. The inscription, in Pahlavi characters, names him as 'Vehdin-Shapur, chief store-keeper of Iran'. He was probably an official under Yazdagird II (reigned AD 438-57). His high rank is shown by his elaborate headdress. ANE, 119994
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Carnelian seal stone, Sasanian, 5th century. This is an exceptionally large and...

Li Bai, also known as Li Bo, of the High Tang period, 701-762. He was one of the two leading figures of Chinese poetry.
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Li Bai, also known as Li Bo, of the High Tang period, 701-762. He was one of th...

Young nobleman on horseback From China, Yuan dynasty, dated the 27th year of Zhiyuan 1290 CE Qian Xuan (about 1235-1300) was a scholar-official from Wuxing, Zhejiang Province. After the Mongol conquest of China in 1279, he became a yimin ('leftover subject'). Yimin were officials who preferred retirement from public life to serving the alien Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). Like many of his compatriots, he turned to artistic pursuits to support himself. A literati painter, Qian painted landscapes, historical figures and flowers. Yimin painters revived past styles of painting to remind them of China's glorious past (fugu - 'return to the past'). The nobleman's costume is painted in the fine linear style reminiscent of Gu Kaizhi (about 345-406). The flat use of colour and bare background add to the sense of restraint and detachment typical of Yuan painting. 297 mm x 756 mm OA 1954.12-11.05 (Chinese Painting Add. 286)
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Young nobleman on horseback From China, Yuan dynasty, dated the 27th year of...