~ Mask of Bhairava.
Date: late A.D. 6th–7th century
Culture: India (Jammu and Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir)
Medium: Copper alloy, possibly brass
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~ Mask of Bhairava.
Date: late A.D. 6th–7th century
Culture: India (Jammu and Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir)
Medium: Copper alloy, possibly brass
~ Pair of Ear Ornaments (Prakaravapra Kundala).
Date: ca. 1st century B.C.
Culture: India
Medium: Gold, sheet, wire and granulation
~ Celestial dancer (Devata).
Period: Chandela period
Date: mid-11th century
Culture: Central India, Madhya Pradesh
Medium: Sandstone
▪︎Sarasvati.
Date: A.D. 10th-11th century
Place of origin: India, Uttar Pradesh
Medium: Sandstone
~ Ascetic Deity.
Date: A.D. 10th-11th century
Place of origin: India, Madhya Pradesh
Medium: Pink sandstone
~ Plate with a Scene of Revelry.
Date: 400's
Place of origin: Northwestern India, possibly Tanesara Mahadeva
Period: Gupta period
Medium: Silver with alloy of tin and lead with traces of gilding.
The Man-Lion Avatar of Vishnu (Narasimha).
Place of origin: Mathura Region, Uttar Pradesh, India
Date: ca. A.D. 4th century
Medium: Sandstone
~ Mother Goddess.
Place of origin: Northwestern India, Rajasthan
Period: Gupta Period
Date: A.D. 5th-6th Century
Medium: Schist
~ Jina (Jain Savior-Saint) Seated in Meditation.
Place of origin: Tamil Nadu, India
Date: ca. 11th century
Medium: Granite
~ Goddess.
Place of origin: India, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura
Date: ca. 200 B.C.
Medium: Terracotta
~Woman Dancer with Two Male Musicians.
Place of origin: Madhya Pradesh, India
Date: ca. A.D. 950
Medium: Sandstone
~ Head of a Bodhisattva, Probably Maitreya the Future Buddha.
Place of origin: India, Pakistan, or Afghanistan (Ancient Gandhara)
Date: late 2nd - 3rd century
Medium: Grey schist
~ Lovers (Mithuna).
Place of origin: India, Madhya Pradesh, Khajuraho
Period: Medieval period, Candella dynasty
Date: 11th century
Medium: Sandstone
~ Female Figure.
Place of origin: Bihar, Pataliputra (modern-day Patna), India
Date: 320-200 B.C.
Period: Maurya period (ca. 323-185 B.C.)
Medium: Hand-modeled terracotta.
~ Seated Vishnu Depicted as King of Boon Bestowers (Varadaraja).
Date: A.D. 14th century
Place of origin: India, Tamil Nadu
Medium: Lost-wax cast copper alloy.
~ Arch (Parikara).
Date: 12th–13th century
Culture: Indian
Period: Solanki dynasty (ca. 950–ca. 1250)
Medium: White marble
~ Celestial Maiden Attended by an Ascetic and a Gana.
Date: A.D. 11th Century
Place of origin: Rajasthan, India
Medium: Stone