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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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Ring with Cats and Kittens was created in ancient Egypt of glazed ceramic dating from ca. 1295-664 B.C. and now housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.

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Ring with Cats and Kittens was created in ancient Egypt of glazed ceramic dating from ca. 1295-664 B.C. and now housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.

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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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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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A 4th century CE Roman silver mirror, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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A 4th century CE Roman silver mirror, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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Ancient Greek armour, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Ancient Greek armour, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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A Roman terracotta plate, mid-2nd century CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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A Roman terracotta plate, mid-2nd century CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum

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Pillar ornament depicting an apsara , from Lakshmana Temple. India, 950 AD

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Pillar ornament depicting an apsara , from Lakshmana Temple. India, 950 AD

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Dancing apsara on a relief at Angkor Wat. Cambodia, Khmer Empire, 12th century AD

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Dancing apsara on a relief at Angkor Wat. Cambodia, Khmer Empire, 12th century AD

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