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Vietnamese blue-white dish featuring a hexagram with Islamic geometric patterns, 15th century Northern Vietnam; Tokyo National Museum

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Vietnamese blue-white dish featuring a hexagram with Islamic geometric patterns, 15th century Northern Vietnam; Tokyo National Museum

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Blue and white plate with carps, Hai Duong, Northern Vietnam, 1450-1520s, British Museum

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Blue and white plate with carps, Hai Duong, Northern Vietnam, 1450-1520s, British Museum

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Pillow in the shape of a recumbent child in white glaze, Northern Song dynasty , Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei

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Pillow in the shape of a recumbent child in white glaze, Northern Song dynasty , Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei

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A Japanese ivory netsuke with rabbit and mortar design. Edo Period, 18th century CE, now housed at the Tokyo National Museum

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A Japanese ivory netsuke with rabbit and mortar design. Edo Period, 18th century CE, now housed at the Tokyo National Museum

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A 15th century CE Vietnamese ceramic kneeling figure, now housed at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore. The humorous features and the keris he wears suggest this figure might be one of the jesters at the Javanese courts

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A 15th century CE Vietnamese ceramic kneeling figure, now housed at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore. The humorous features and the keris he wears suggest this figure might be one of the jesters at the Javanese courts

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A ceramic egg-shaped pyxis decorated with geometric patterns, excavated from a Bronze Age tomb in Cyprus. Late 21st Century BCE, now housed at the Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities in New Zealand

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A ceramic egg-shaped pyxis decorated with geometric patterns, excavated from a Bronze Age tomb in Cyprus. Late 21st Century BCE, now housed at the Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities in New Zealand

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A blue glaze plate with white dragon pattern, Yuan Dynasty , now housed at the Palace Museum in Beijing, China

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A blue glaze plate with white dragon pattern, Yuan Dynasty , now housed at the Palace Museum in Beijing, China

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A 19th century CE Japanese ivory netsuke depicting a scene from the Noh Play "Takasago". Now housed at Tokyo National Museum

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A 19th century CE Japanese ivory netsuke depicting a scene from the Noh Play "Takasago". Now housed at Tokyo National Museum

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A 1st century BCE gold earring from Taxila, in Pakistan. Now housed at the National Museum in New Delhi

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A 1st century BCE gold earring from Taxila, in Pakistan. Now housed at the National Museum in New Delhi

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A gold ornament with an image of Eros and Psyche. From Taxila in Pakistan, 1st century BCE-1st century CE, now housed at the National Museum of Pakistan

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A gold ornament with an image of Eros and Psyche. From Taxila in Pakistan, 1st century BCE-1st century CE, now housed at the National Museum of Pakistan

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Tea cup with goat decorations, crackled celadon, Trần dynasty, 13th century, Nam Dinh, Northern Vietnam

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Tea cup with goat decorations, crackled celadon, Trần dynasty, 13th century, Nam Dinh, Northern Vietnam

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The Oton Death Mask is a 14th-15th century CE gold funerary mask from the Philippines. Made of thin gold sheets, it covered the eyes and nose of a deceased elite individual and was decorated with repoussé dots and curvilinear patterns. National Museum of the Philippines

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The Oton Death Mask is a 14th-15th century CE gold funerary mask from the Philippines. Made of thin gold sheets, it covered the eyes and nose of a deceased elite individual and was decorated with repoussé dots and curvilinear patterns. National Museum of the Philippines

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A conical bowl with interior of fish swimming amid waves. Yaozhou ware, Northern Song Dynasty , now housed at the National Museum of China

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A conical bowl with interior of fish swimming amid waves. Yaozhou ware, Northern Song Dynasty , now housed at the National Museum of China

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A gold plaque from Java, depicting Vishnu and Garuda. 9th century CE, now housed at the National Museum of Indonesia

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A gold plaque from Java, depicting Vishnu and Garuda. 9th century CE, now housed at the National Museum of Indonesia

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A bronze water dropper shaped like a long-eared hare. Edo period, 18th–19th century CE, now housed at Tokyo National Museum in Japan

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A bronze water dropper shaped like a long-eared hare. Edo period, 18th–19th century CE, now housed at Tokyo National Museum in Japan

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Iron Mace with a lotus bud head,rajasthan, Late 17th Century CE,on display at national museum,new delhi india

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Iron Mace with a lotus bud head,rajasthan, Late 17th Century CE,on display at national museum,new delhi india

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Ceramic figure of a fish with human head. China, Northern Song dynasty, 11th century AD

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Ceramic figure of a fish with human head. China, Northern Song dynasty, 11th century AD

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Su Hanchen, Children Playing on a Winter Day, 12th century, National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.

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Su Hanchen, Children Playing on a Winter Day, 12th century, National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.

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Coin of king kanishka with oesho at back, first century ad, on display at national museum new delhi

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Coin of king kanishka with oesho at back, first century ad, on display at national museum new delhi

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A bronze sculpture of a pangolin, found at Long Giao in Vietnam. 3rd century BCE-2nd century CE, now housed at the Dong Nai Museum

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A bronze sculpture of a pangolin, found at Long Giao in Vietnam. 3rd century BCE-2nd century CE, now housed at the Dong Nai Museum

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