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Brahman head; 6th century CE mural from the Buddhist monastery of Duldur Akhur in Xinjiang, China

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Brahman head; 6th century CE mural from the Buddhist monastery of Duldur Akhur in Xinjiang, China

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Sculpture of Maitreya, the Buddha of the future. China, Tang dynasty, 8th century AD

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Sculpture of Maitreya, the Buddha of the future. China, Tang dynasty, 8th century AD

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Head of a bodhisattva. China, Tang dynasty, 8th century AD

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Head of a bodhisattva. China, Tang dynasty, 8th century AD

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Head of a bodhisattva. China, Tang dynasty, 7th-9th century AD

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Head of a bodhisattva. China, Tang dynasty, 7th-9th century AD

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1.4 meter Buddha head and many votive stupas discovered in the ruins of Ratnagiri Monastery, a Vajrayana Buddhist site. Odisha, India, 5th century AD

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1.4 meter Buddha head and many votive stupas discovered in the ruins of Ratnagiri Monastery, a Vajrayana Buddhist site. Odisha, India, 5th century AD

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A 2nd century BCE bamboo chest from the Western Han Dynasty, unearthed from one of the Mawangdui Tombs. Now housed at the Hunan Provincial Museum in China

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A 2nd century BCE bamboo chest from the Western Han Dynasty, unearthed from one of the Mawangdui Tombs. Now housed at the Hunan Provincial Museum in China

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Cast of a Buddha head from Takht-i-Bahi | Ancient Pakistan

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Cast of a Buddha head from Takht-i-Bahi | Ancient Pakistan

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Terracotta horse from the Tomb of Qin Shihuang. China, 3rd century BC

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Terracotta horse from the Tomb of Qin Shihuang. China, 3rd century BC

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Roman marble head of an old woman wearing a kerchief. This is Roman copy of a Hellenistic original from the 3rd - 2nd century BCE.

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Roman marble head of an old woman wearing a kerchief. This is Roman copy of a Hellenistic original from the 3rd - 2nd century BCE.

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Bronze chariot shaft fitting in the form of a dragon head. China, Warring States, 4th century BC

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Bronze chariot shaft fitting in the form of a dragon head. China, Warring States, 4th century BC

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Head of a deity, rock crystal sculpture from Nepal, 16th century; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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Head of a deity, rock crystal sculpture from Nepal, 16th century; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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Śiva-Maheśvara, Dandan-Uiliq, Khotan, Xinjiang, Painted by Visha Irasanga, Khotanese Saka painter in the court of the T'ang dynasty of China in the mid 7th century C.E.

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Śiva-Maheśvara, Dandan-Uiliq, Khotan, Xinjiang, Painted by Visha Irasanga, Khotanese Saka painter in the court of the T'ang dynasty of China in the mid 7th century C.E.

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A large bronze drum from Guangxi province in China, now housed at the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Tang dynasty or earlier

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A large bronze drum from Guangxi province in China, now housed at the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Tang dynasty or earlier

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An Eastern Han Dynasty mural tomb from Haotan, in China, depicting mythical beasts dancing and playing music in front of the Queen Mother of the West. 25–220 CE

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An Eastern Han Dynasty mural tomb from Haotan, in China, depicting mythical beasts dancing and playing music in front of the Queen Mother of the West. 25–220 CE

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Cast iron head of Mahakasyapa. China, Yuan dynasty, 14th century

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Cast iron head of Mahakasyapa. China, Yuan dynasty, 14th century

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Ivory carving of a landscape with Buddhist monks climbing up to a temple. China, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century

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Ivory carving of a landscape with Buddhist monks climbing up to a temple. China, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century

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Pipa with 110 hexagonal ivory plaques depicting Taoist, Confucian, or Buddhist figures. China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century

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Pipa with 110 hexagonal ivory plaques depicting Taoist, Confucian, or Buddhist figures. China, Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century

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Head of the fasting Buddha. Gandhara, Pakistan, Kushan Empire, 3rd-5th century AD

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Head of the fasting Buddha. Gandhara, Pakistan, Kushan Empire, 3rd-5th century AD

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Sculpture of Laozi. China, Tang dynasty, 6th-9th century AD

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Sculpture of Laozi. China, Tang dynasty, 6th-9th century AD

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