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Asian Stone Reliefs

Vibrant stone relief sculptures from temples, showcasing intricate details of mythological figures and cultural stories.

Indonesia, Asia, Java, Borobudur. One of the many magnificent bas-relief panels which decorate the stone terrace walls of the 9th century Buddhist temple at Borobudur.
Indonesia, Asia, Java, Borobudur. One of the many magnificent bas-relief panels which decorate the stone terrace walls of the 9th century Buddhist temple at Borobudur.
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Figures Carved in Rameshwar Cave. Lala Deen Dayal (Indian, 1844 - 1905)
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Banteay Srei Relief am Eingangstor zur Tempelanlage Banteay Srei in Kambodscha Copyright: xZoonar.com/AndreasxEdelmannx 21579211
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Asia, Iran, Naqsh-e Rustam. Tomb of Antaxerxes I.
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Sculpted panel with allegorical figures
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Relief Panel: Presentation of a Statue. Culture: Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara). Dimensions: 11 7/8 x 6 in. (30.2 x 15.2 cm). Date: 3rd-5th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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India, Orissa, Bhubaneswar
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Makara, water monsters, mythical creatures, sandstone sculptures, Thap Mam style, 12-14th century, Thap Mam room, Cham Museum, Da Nang, Zentralvietnam, Vietnam, Asia
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Italy, Lombardy, Pavia, Carthusian monastery. Detail. A buttress of the Carthusian monastery, with polychrome marble inlays and bas-reliefs. The panel shows Adam and Eve at the two sides of a tree with the snake wrapped around it.
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Bass relief in the wall on the south side of the Borobudur, 1873 photograph Of which the upper part tells a story of Siddhartha and his family in Lalitavistara and the bottom an Avadana relief the story of Monohara. Java (possibly) paper. photographic support. cardboard albumen print
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Siem Reap, Cambodia, stone reliefs depicting a Devata, a female spirit guardian of Hindu and Buddhist mythology on the walls of the Banyon Temple in Preah Khan
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Emperor Marcus Aurelius Column Roman Soldiers Details, Rome, Italy. Column erected in 193 AD to commemorate Emperor's victory in military campaigns.
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Erotic carving, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia
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Trajan's Column with depictions of war in a relief band, Trajan's Forum, Via dei Fori Imperiali, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe
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Statue in the Hall of Heroes, Mandor, near Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, Asia
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Sandstone relief with matrons, Heidenfelsen, spring sanctuary, Biedenbachtal, near Kindsbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Detail. Gallo-Roman civilization, 3rd century AD.
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Kailasanatha temple, Dravidian temple architecture, Pallava period 7th - 9th century, district Kanchipuram, state Tamil Nadu, India Copyright: xMadhusudanxTawde/DinodiaxPhotox
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Bass relief in the wall on the west side of the Borobudur, 1873 photograph The upper part tells a story of Buddha in Lalitavistara and the lower of Avadana the story of Mandhatar Java (possibly) paper. photographic support. cardboard albumen print
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Image of the stone sculpture group above the entrance and exit of the N.S. station Nijmegen in Nijmegen, representing speed, safety and service.
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A stone carved bas relief from Hindu mythology of a battle atop bulls at Angkor Wat, built in the 11th century by Suryavarman the 2nd, - Cambodia
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Naples, Triumphal Arch of Alfonso d'Aragona. Giorgio Sommer (Italian, born Germany, 1834 - 1914)
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Erotic carving, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia
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Ancient famous wall paintings (frescoes) at Sigirya, Sri Lanka
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Ellora caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Maharashtra, India. Kailasa temple, East gallery - Siva destroying the three towns (Tripura), Tripurantaka (detail)
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Bas relief scenes from life in the Vijayanagar Empire on the Mahanavami Dibba within the royal enclosure at Hampi, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Karnata...
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Asian Civlisations Museum. Adam and Eve in the Garen of Eden. Sri Lanka. 17th century. Ivory. Singapore.
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Ancient bas relief. Brihadishwara Temple. Tanjore (Thanjavur), Tamil Nadu, India. Great Living Chola Temples, UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Ancient famous wall paintings (frescoes) at Sigirya, Sri Lanka
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Hunting Panels on the Mahanavami Dibba wall in Royal Enclosure in Hampi, Karnataka, South India, India, Asia. UNESCO World Heritage Site, Asia
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Iran, Fars, Naqsh-e Rostam, sassanid relief of king Ardaschir I. and god Ahura Mazda
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sculpture kandariya mahadeva temple khajuraho madhya pradesh India Asia Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox
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Sri Lanka, Sigiriya, Rock Painting Of Two Women In Cave On The Side Of The Hindu Hill Temple Fort
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Statues of Apsaras painting her foot on Parsvanatha temple, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox
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Turkey. Istanbul. Obelisk of Theodosius. Pedestal. Bas-Reliefs. Emperor and his court (North facade) 4th century. Hippodrome.
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Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico, Central America, A detailed sculpture of metal figures expressing tenderness and humanity on the beach, Yucatán region, Central America
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Romanesque wooden door, detail, St., Saint, Saint
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Speyer, Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Stephen, Speyer Cathedral, Imperial Cathedral, Relief with lions on the choir apse
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Sigiriya (Lion Rock) frescoes or ancient wall paintings, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia
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Children and sheep, bronze relief by Gustav Vigeland, Vigeland Sculpture Park, Frognerparken, Frogner, Oslo, Norway, Europe
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A carved stone statue, carved from the rock, Longmen Grottoes and Caves, Luoyang, Henan Province, China
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Relief of Ardashir I the Great, Naqsh-e Rostam, Rock Tombs of the Great Kings, Naqsh-e Rostam, Iran, Asia
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Section Trajan's column, Rome. Erected by emperor Trajan 106-113 and carved in low relief with narrative of his two campaigns in Dacia. Now topped with statue of St Peter
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India Māmallapuram Descent of the Ganges Unpublished image 2. Swaan, Wim. 1968 or earlier Photographic production materials for Cities of Mughul India: Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri Photographs of architecture were selected and digitized from these materials. Portraits, ethnographic images, and images of museum objects were excluded. Digital images are arranged geographically, first by country, then by city, then by site complex or monument, with all names in alphabetical order. Location names are derived from the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)®, Library of Congress subject headings, and scholarly publications. Published images are followed by unpublished images. Versos of prints and slide mounts were not digitized. The information in any handwritten identifications found on these surfaces was incorporated into the metadata for individual images. All digital images are cropped to the edge of the frame and are not color-corrected. Photographic production materials for Cities of
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Old statue on the square in Copan, Honduras
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Memorial Bittermark, Memorial, Detail of the relief, Artist Karel Niestrath, Dortmund, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe
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Monument to the archer on Cape Kaliakra in Bulgaria.
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Terracotta Army, Hall 1, Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China, Asia
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Bronze historical panels in Republic Square, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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Thailand Bangkok Temple of the Emerald Buddha Unpublished image 17. Swaan, Wim. 1966 or earlier Photographic production materials for Lost Cities of Asia: Ceylon, Pagan, Angkor Photographs of architecture were selected and digitized from these materials. Portraits, ethnographic images, and images of museum objects were excluded. Digital images are arranged geographically, first by country, then by city, then by site complex or monument, with all names in alphabetical order. Location names are derived from the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)®, Library of Congress subject headings, and scholarly publications. Published images are followed by unpublished images. Versos of prints and slide mounts were not digitized. The information in any handwritten identifications found on these surfaces was incorporated into the metadata for individual images. All digital images are cropped to the edge of the frame and are not color-corrected. Photographic production materials for Lost Cities