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| Page from Koran in kufic script. 9th c |
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Mosaic mihrab, from Madrasa Imami, 1354, glazed and cut tiles
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Sinan, Mosque of Sultan Selim, Turkey, late 1500s
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Tugra of Sultan Suleyman, c. 1555-60, ink, paint, and gold on paper.
A tugra is a calligraphic seal or signature of an Ottoman sultan and was used on important documents and currency during the sultan's reign. |
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Yakshi Holding a Fly Whisk, c. 250 BCE
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Lion Capital, from an Ashokan pillar, c. 250 BCE
(carved out of a single block of limestone and is the national emblem of India)
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Great Stupa, 3rd-2nd BCE, gate, and Yakshi
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Cave-Temple of Shiva at Elephanta, mid-6th c CE.
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Eternal Shiva, rock-cut relief, Cave-Temple of Shiva at Elephanta, mid-6th c CE.
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Shiva Nataraja 12th c CE, bronze
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Soldiers from the tomb of Emperor Shihuangdi, Qin dynasty, c. 210 bce
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Incense Burner, Han Dynasty, 113 BCE, bronze with gold inlay
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Stone relief, Wu family shrine, 151 CE
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| Camel with Musicians, Tang Dynasty, mid 8th c ce, glazed ceramic |
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Seated Guanyin Bodhisattva 10th-12th c, wood with paint and gold
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Fan Kuan, Travelers Among Mountains and Streams. Song Dynasty, 11th c
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Xia Gui, Twelve Views from a Thatched Hut. Song Dynasty, 13th c, handscroll
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Guan Ware Vase, Song Dynasty, 13th c, porcelaineous stoneware with cracked glaze pattern
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Haniwa 6th C CE, earthenware
The Haniwa are terracotta clay figures which were made for ritual use and buried with the dead as funerary objects during the Kofun period (3rd to 6th century AD) of the history of Japan.
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Hungry Tigris Jataka, c. 650 CE, lacquer on wood
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| Byodo-in, Heian period, c. 1053 CE |
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| Jocho Amida Buddha Byodo-in, Heian period, c. 1053 CE |
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Album Leaf from Ishiyama-gire, Heian period, early 12th century, ink, gold,
& silver on decorated & collaged paper
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Scene from Tale of Genji, Heian period, 12th c ce, handscroll
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Kao Ninga (attrib.) Monk Sewing, early 14th C, ink on paper
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| The Good Shepherd, Roman catacombs, 3rd-4th C. |
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Good Shepherd mosaic, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, 425-6
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Emporer Justinian and Empress Theodora mosaics, 520-48
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Virgin and Child with saints and angels 6th c., encaustic on wood
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| Archangel Michael 10th-11th c silver gult w/ enamel. |
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Cathedral of Santa Sophia, Kiev. 1017-37
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Andrey Rublyov, Old Testament Trinity: three angels visit Abraham c. 1410-20 tempera on panel.
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