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Entrance doors to Shalu monastery show a pair of lions 
with their cub. Shalu was much damaged during the      
Cultural Revolution and some twenty resident monks,    
down from a former 300, try to restore the buildings   
and paintings. See 05-01-03/30-40
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Entrance doors to Shalu monastery show a pair of lions with their cub. Shalu wa...

Buddhist paintings on the first-floor gallery of       
Shalu Monastery. First from left, sitting on           
lotus flower, is the"Buddha of Immeasurable Splendour" 
Shalu was much damaged during the Cultural Revolution. 
Of the former 300 monks, only 20 remain today.
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Buddhist paintings on the first-floor gallery of Shalu Monastery. First f...

A Tibetan monk plays with a cat in the entrance      
to the Funeral Temple of the fifth Panchen Lama.       
Tashilhunpo Monastery, Shigatse.                       
See 05-01-03/41-55
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A Tibetan monk plays with a cat in the entrance to the Funeral Temple of...

Sheep grazing at the foot of Noeching Kansang          
glacier on the South route from Shigatse to Lhasa.
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Sheep grazing at the foot of Noeching Kansang glacier on the South rou...

Sheep grazing between the Karola Pass and Noeching     
Kansang glacier, at an altitude of roughly 4.500 m.
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Sheep grazing between the Karola Pass and Noeching Kansang glacier, at an...

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.
#050104 1

Vase,mounted on a circular base, blue glass. Relief ornament of leaves. Graeco-...

Glass vase showing Europa raped by Zeus the bull.      
From the Begram Treasure, Room 13                      
Graeco-Roman glass from Alexandria, 1st CE             
MG 21228
#050104 5

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
#050104 6

Fish, glass. An example of the trade relations between Rome and the reg...

Medallion with ephebe and wild boar.                   
Plaster, diameter 18 cm Graeco-Roman                   
From the Treasure of Begram, Afghanistan, 1st-2nd CE   
MG 193
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Medallion with ephebe and wild boar. Plaster, diameter 18 cm...

Lioness with head lowered.                             
Engraved ivory plaque, H: 6,8 cm                       
From the Treasure of Begram, Afghanistan, 2nd-3rd CE   
MG 21313
#05010416

Lioness with head lowered. Engraved ivory plaque, H...

Young woman under a tree. 1st CE                       
Ivory relief, part of a set of fittings for furniure.  
From the Treasure of Begram, Afghanistan, Room 10      
MG 21317
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Young woman under a tree. 1st CE Ivory relief, part of a...

Nandin, Zebu cow with wreath of flowers,               
Bassak (Svay Rieng), pre-Angkor period, 7th            
Sandstone, 33 c 56 cm                                  
ka 1584
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Nandin, Zebu cow with wreath of flowers, Bassak (Svay Rieng), pre...