Topic: asia

Tartariae sive Magni Chami Regni tÿpus.

Covers northern Asia. Relief shown pictorially. From Abraham Ortelius's atlas: Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm, 1603 ed. Hand col. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes tex... more

[Full-length profile portrait of a woman, possibly Turkman or Kirgiz, ...

Model of a Rectangular Brazier

Eastern Han dynasty (25–220)

Watchtower with Four Archers

Juglet

From Levant, Petra Nabataean

Square Duck Pond

Circular Ram Pen with Rider

Plaque with a Winged Horse

Wrestler's Weight with Hercules and the Nemean Lion; Wrestling Scene (...

Juglet

From Levant, Petra Nabataean

Figure of a Standing Dog

Eastern Han dynasty (25–220)

Fragment of a Bowl

Small bowl

From Levant, Petra Nabataean

Kneeling Bodhisattva

Rondel with Female Head

Tiny Container With a Lid

Covered Reliquary

Rondel with Male Head

Loving Couple (Mithuna)

Reliquary with Contents

Unguentarium

From Levant, Petra Nabataean

Fragment of an Ivory Comb

Lid with Seated Male Figure

Dish with Drunken Herakles Embracing Two Women

Ascetic Youth

Belt clasp

Transcaucasia

Dish with Three Bowl-Shaped Receptacles

Crouching Pig

Small images of pigs—a symbol of wealth in ancient China—sculpted of jade or soapstone, were often placed in the hands of the deceased to express the wish for wealth in the afterlife. Eastern Han dynasty (25–220)

Belt clasp

Transcaucasia

Belt clasp

Transcaucasia

Fragment of painted ware

Levant, Petra Nabataean

Multistoried Watchtower with Front Court

Unguentarium

From Levant, Petra Nabataean

Handle in the Form of a Dragon's Head

Unguentarium

From Levant, Petra Nabataean

Relief of a Female Deity

Small lamp

From Levant, Petra Nabataean

Plate

From Levant, Petra Nabataean

Belt Buckle with Zoomorphic Motif

Sherd

Levant, Petra Nabataean

Fragment of painted ware

Levant, Petra Nabataean

Vessel

From Levant, Petra Nabataean

Dish with Five Sections

Auspicious Emblem with Five Revelers

The torsos of the foremost revelers all share one or two common legs, a kind of visual pun much admired in India. Shunga period

Belt clasp

Rattle with Animals

Two Rondels with Heads

Incense Burner with Dragon Spout

Seal with Knob in the Shape of a Turtle

Lamp

From Levant, Petra Nabataean

Jar in Shape of Archaic Bronze Vessel (Hu)

Rondel with the Goddess Hariti

Relief of a Female Deity

Cup

From Levant, Petra Nabataean

Plaque with a Winged Horse

Small bowl

From Levant, Petra Nabataean

Head of a Bearded Brahman

Reliquary

Head of Buddha

Bowl

From Levant, Petra Nabataean

Garment Plaque in the Shape of Two Horses

Belt Buckle with Stag

Openwork pendant

Transcaucasia

Fragment of a limestone throne (?) with the head of a horned lion

Throne supported by a horned lion-griffin. Roman

Seated Female

Stove

Cooking pot

From Levant, Petra Nabataean

Unguentarium

From Levant, Petra Nabataean

Tree Spirit Deity (Yakshi)

Disc with running dogs surrounding a mountain goat

Vessel

From Levant, Petra Nabataean

Granary Tower

Fragment of painted ware

Levant, Petra Nabataean

Unguentarium

From Levant, Petra Nabataean

Belt Plaque with Confronted Rams

Unguentarium

From Levant, Petra Nabataean

Fragment of a Vessel with a Dionysian Scene

Vessel

Levant, Petra Nabataean

Standing Female Figure with an Offering

Bowl

From Levant, Petra Nabataean

Head of Buddha

Marble forepart of a left sandaled foot

Mill

Reliquary with Contents

Unguentarium

From Levant, Petra Nabataean

Plaque with Loving Couple (Mithuna)

Garment Plaque with Three Stags

Vessel

From Levant, Petra Nabataean

Panel with Marine Deity

Lamp

From Levant, Petra Nabataean

Sherd

Levant, Petra Nabataean

Jewelry Mold With Two Figures

Reliquary

Jewelry Mold with Figures in a Temple

Reliquary

Unguentarium

From Levant, Petra Nabataean

Stair Riser: Dionysian Scene with Musicians and Dancers

Hanging Lamp

Viet-Han period

Bowl

From Levant, Petra Nabataean

Model of a Bell-Shaped Lamp Stand

Eastern Han dynasty (25–220)