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Courtesan nursing a peacock, around 1870.
ID: Add Or 904
#03060338

Courtesan nursing a peacock, around 1870. ID: Add Or 904

A group of pilgrims on their way to Mecca.
Code: 0210005584
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A group of pilgrims on their way to Mecca. Code: 0210005584

Bhairavi Ragini, Indian, around 1610. A woman worships a Shiva linga in a shrine by a lake. The lake is often described in texts as being near Mount Kailash, Shiva's holy mountain. 
While one woman garlands the black linga with flowers, the othr chants and beats the rythm with a pair of cymbals. The
pool im which the shrine is set is filled with lotuses on wich butterflies and wild birds rest.  OA 1973.9-17.03
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Bhairavi Ragini, Indian, around 1610. A woman worships a Shiva linga in a shrine...

Krishna and Balarama in guise of cowhers, with cattle at right and six men dressed in white with turbans and sashes, at left. Sandy Dunes and flowewring trees represent the idyllic landscape of Brindaban. In Hindu mythology, Balarama is the elder half-brother of Krishna, with whom he shared many adventures.  ID: Or 4203
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Krishna and Balarama in guise of cowhers, with cattle at right and six men dress...

Cosmetics palette from Gandhara,Pakistan;              
a man riding a seahorse. 1st-2nd CE                    
Schist 13,7 cm across
#030701 4

Cosmetics palette from Gandhara,Pakistan; a man riding a seahorse....

Ceremonial axe from Daulatabad,Baktria,northern        
Afghanistan,showing a griffin holding two rams.        
End 3rd to early 2nd Mill.BCE. Copper
#030701 5

Ceremonial axe from Daulatabad,Baktria,northern Afghanistan,showing a gr...

Ceremonial axe from Daulatabad,Baktria,northern        
Afghanistan,showing a griffin holding two rams.        
End 3rd to early 2nd Mill.BCE. Copper
#030701 6

Ceremonial axe from Daulatabad,Baktria,northern Afghanistan,showing a gr...

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.
#03070113

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
#03070114

A hunter in the woods. Ivory carving,back of ch...

Head of a lion,from the Monastery of Tapa-Kalan,       
Hadda,Afghanistan. 3rd-4th CE                          
Stucco,21,5 x 19 x 23 cm                               
TK 68
#03070124

Head of a lion,from the Monastery of Tapa-Kalan, Hadda,Afghanistan. 3rd-4...

Head of dog,from the Monastery of Tapa-Kalan,          
Hadda,Afghanistan. 3rd-4th CE                          
Stucco,10 x 9,5 cm                                     
TK 68
#03070128

Head of dog,from the Monastery of Tapa-Kalan, Hadda,Afghanistan. 3rd-4...

Vase with grapevines, Late Sasanian, 6th century. Gilded silver vase with grapevines and a naked boy carrying a basket of grapes. The base is pierced like a strainer and the vessel was presumably used for wine. From Mazanderan, noerthern Iran.
ANE 124094
#03070143

Vase with grapevines, Late Sasanian, 6th century. Gilded silver vase with grapev...