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Ancient Sculptures of Deities

Diverse sculptures representing Hindu and Buddhist deities with intricate details, each showcasing cultural significance and artistic craftsmanship from different eras.

Washer at the Phrygian cap, 1848 Anonymous. "Washer at the Phrygian cap, 1848". Pychrome terracotta.
Washer at the Phrygian cap, 1848 Anonymous. "Washer at the Phrygian cap, 1848". Pychrome terracotta.
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Seated Bodhisattva. Japan. Date: 770 AD-780 AD. Dimensions: 61 × 43.2 × 32.3 cm (24 × 17 × 12 3/4 in.). Wood core, dry lacquer, traces of gold leaf. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Votive Plaque (Tsha Tsha). Tibet or China, 18th century. Sculpture. Terracotta with gilt and paint
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Benin Bronze metal plaque that decorated the royal palace of the Benin Kingdom in modern-day Nigeria. the plaques form the best known examples of Benin art, created by the Edo people from the thirteenth century
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Antefix with Face of a Deity 9th-10th century Indonesia (Java). Antefix with Face of a Deity 63106
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Plates for a harness with a bust of Heracles, from the Dnepropetrovsk Region, Ukraine. Detail. Scythian Civilization, 4th Century BC.
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Przeszo Przyszoci Kinryusai
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DAMA DE IBIZA-TANIT-PROCEDE IBIZA-S IV/III AC-ARCILLA 40 CM-FENICIA. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.
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Ivory sculpture of an Asian man
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INCENSARIO DE CERAMICA DECORADO CON UN PERSONAJE CON OJOS DE AVE NARIGUERA Y PECTORAL DE MARIPOSA- PROCEDE DEL PALACIO B DE LA VENTILL. Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGIA. MEXICO CITY. CIUDAD DE MEXICO.
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A Group of Attendants. India, Jammu and Kashmir, Kashmir region, 8th century or earlier. Sculpture. Ivory with paint
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Carved alabaster and wood possibly from the altarpiece of Saragossa by Pere Johan Catalan Gothic sculptor. Dated 15th Century
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Sovereign of the Clouds of Dawn (Bixia Yuanjun). China. Date: 1375-1450. Dimensions: 98 × 57 × 32.5 cm (38 5/8 × 22 1/2 × 12 3/4 in.). Bronze with traces of pigment. Origin: China. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Caster. Culture: British. Dimensions: H. 5 in. (12.7 cm). Date: 1800-1830. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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DAMA DE ELCHE. IBERICO ESCULTURA. (DEPOSITO: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL).
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Apron Plaque with a Dancing Goddess. Tibet, 17th-18th century. Sculpture. Bone
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Statuette of Phallic Horus. Unknown
1606-200332
Spain, Navarre, Estella, Pilgrim Statue,
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Relief depicting a winged bull, drawing by Eugene Flandin from Monuments of Nineveh by Paul-Emile Botta, 1849. Assyrian civilisation.
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Masked Figure 2nd century B.C.-A.D. 3rd century Colima. Masked Figure. Colima. 2nd century B.C.-A.D. 3rd century. Stone. Mexico, Mesoamerica, Colima. Stone-Sculpture
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Pieta, by Buonarroti Michelangelo, 1539 - 1555, 16th Century, marble. Italy: Tuscany: Florence: Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore Museum. Detail. Nicodemus face man beard hood
1899-18791464
Palmyra was an ancient city in Syria. It was an important city in central Syria, located in an oasis 215 km northeast of Damascus and 180 km southwest of the Euphrates at Deir ez-Zor. It had long been a vital caravan city for travellers crossing the Syrian desert and was known as the Bride of the Desert. The earliest documented reference to the city by its Semitic name Tadmor, Tadmur or Tudmur (which means 'the town that repels' in Amorite and 'the indomitable town' in Aramaic) is recorded in Babylonian tablets found in Mari.
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Figure of a Monju Bosatsu on Lion Ogawa Haritsu (Ritsuō) Japanese Edo period (1615-1868)
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Seated Figure (pagoda). Meissener Porzellan ManufakturMeissen, c. 1720-1725hard-paste porcelain
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Metal idol-standards decorated with animal scenes from Lorestan Province. Dated 9th Century BC
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Japanese ivory of carpenters, 19th century. Artist: Unknown
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Figurine of Japanese man 1879 Worcester factory After the end of the Flight, Barr & Barr ownership of the Worcester factory in 1840, the firm went through a succession of owners and mergers before falling under the ownership of Kerr & Binns in 1852. During the partnership, the factory sought to rebuild its former eighteenth-century reputation in porcelain and known for Renaissance-inspired designs. With the establishment of the Royal Worcester Porcelain Company in 1862, the company gradually gained recognition for its Japanese-inspired designs, which formed part of Japonisme, a collective fascination with Japan that took place in Europe and the United States following the opening of Japanese markets to the West by Commodore Perry in 1853. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #418. Christopher Dresser and the Birth of Industrial Design Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. W
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Woman with a Parrot (Study Collection) 20th century India. Woman with a Parrot (Study Collection) 44672
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Honoré Daumier, Magot de la Chine, 1834 Magot de la Chine
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Porcelain figure from China (taken from the private collection of Mr. Charles Philipon), plate 416. Honoré Victorin Daumier; French, 1808-1879. Date: 1834. Dimensions: 214 × 242 mm (image); 271 × 355 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.
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RELICARIO EN MADERA POLICROMADA S XVII. Location: CONVENTO DE LAS CLARISAS / MUSEO DE ARTE SACRO. MONFORTE DE LEMOS. LUGO. SPANIEN.