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A 12th-century sandstone statue of an apsara from Madhya Pradesh, India. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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A 12th-century sandstone statue of an apsara from Madhya Pradesh, India. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Celestial dancer, known as Apsara, from Madhya Pradesh, India, mid-11th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Celestial dancer, known as Apsara, from Madhya Pradesh, India, mid-11th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Turkish Dagger and Sheath from the 18th century currently kept in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

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Turkish Dagger and Sheath from the 18th century currently kept in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

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Serpent labret with articulated tongue, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

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Serpent labret with articulated tongue, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

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Woman in grief. Sandstone, From Sarnath, 2nd century CE. On display at National Museum, New Delhi, India.

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Woman in grief. Sandstone, From Sarnath, 2nd century CE. On display at National Museum, New Delhi, India.

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Lovers , Khajuraho , 11th Century. Placed in The Cleveland Museum of Art

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Lovers , Khajuraho , 11th Century. Placed in The Cleveland Museum of Art

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Memento Mori on a rosary from the early 16th century, carved ivory. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Memento Mori on a rosary from the early 16th century, carved ivory. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Bear bottles, made of salt-glazed stoneware. Ca. 1740–1750 CE, from Nottingham, England, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum in New York

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Bear bottles, made of salt-glazed stoneware. Ca. 1740–1750 CE, from Nottingham, England, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum in New York

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Apsara, Celestial Dancer 11th century, India, Uttar Pradesh, Norton Simon Museum

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Apsara, Celestial Dancer 11th century, India, Uttar Pradesh, Norton Simon Museum

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A four-cornered hat made from camelid fibers. 7th–9th century CE, Tiwanaku culture, probably from Bolivia, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum in New York

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A four-cornered hat made from camelid fibers. 7th–9th century CE, Tiwanaku culture, probably from Bolivia, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum in New York

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Fragment of a sandstone female figure applying kajal . From India, 11th-12th century CE, now housed at the Brooklyn Museum

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Fragment of a sandstone female figure applying kajal . From India, 11th-12th century CE, now housed at the Brooklyn Museum

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Seljuk figure found in Iran, dated to the 12th-early 13th century. Now located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Seljuk figure found in Iran, dated to the 12th-early 13th century. Now located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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A pietra dura table top from Rome. Made of hardstones, alabaster, and marble. Late 16th or early 17th century CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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A pietra dura table top from Rome. Made of hardstones, alabaster, and marble. Late 16th or early 17th century CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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Tree spirit . Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2nd c AD , reportedly from a Jain shrine. Mottled red sandstone. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from the Victoria and Albert Museum

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Tree spirit . Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2nd c AD , reportedly from a Jain shrine. Mottled red sandstone. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from the Victoria and Albert Museum

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A plait ornament from India, made of gold, and inset with rock crystal, rubies, emeralds, and amethysts. 18th–19th century CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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A plait ornament from India, made of gold, and inset with rock crystal, rubies, emeralds, and amethysts. 18th–19th century CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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Cow Suckling a Calf C 9th century India in Madhya or Uttar Pradesh. Art institute Chicago.

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Cow Suckling a Calf C 9th century India in Madhya or Uttar Pradesh. Art institute Chicago.

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Pair of Ankle Shoes, Ottoman Empire, late 19th century –early 20th c., Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Pair of Ankle Shoes, Ottoman Empire, late 19th century –early 20th c., Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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A 7th century CE bronze ewer with a feline-shaped handle, from Iran, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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A 7th century CE bronze ewer with a feline-shaped handle, from Iran, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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An 11th century CE stone sculpture of Bodhisattva Simhanada Lokeshvara, from India, now housed at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in England

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An 11th century CE stone sculpture of Bodhisattva Simhanada Lokeshvara, from India, now housed at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in England

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Paul Poiret . Fancy dress costume, 1911. Metal, silk, cotton. New York:The Metropolitan Museum of Art..

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Paul Poiret . Fancy dress costume, 1911. Metal, silk, cotton. New York:The Metropolitan Museum of Art..

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