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Dish with a Mythological Couple (Perhaps Apollo and Daphne)
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
ca. 2nd century BCE

Box Lid with a Bull
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
5th–6th century

Floral Rondel with Head

Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)

4th century

Dish with Winged Eros Riding a Lion-Headed Sea Monster
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
1st century BCE

Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)

2nd–3rd century

Dish with Eros on a Swan
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
ca. 1st century BCE

Tiny Reliquary Box With a Lid

Pakistan

1st century(?)

Head of a Bodhisattva
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
3rd–4th century

Death of the Buddha (Parinirvana)
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
2nd–3rd century

The Gift of Anathapindada
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
2nd–3rd century

Standing Bodhisattva, probably Maitryeya (Buddha of the Future)
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
ca. 3rd century

Stele with Vishnu on Garuda
Nepal (Kathmandu Valley)
15th–16th century

Bald-headed Man Wearing Gold Collars
ca. 1295–1186 B.C.

Mirror Handle
India (Jammu & Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir)
6th–8th century(?)

Reliquary with Contents
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
2nd–3rd century

Frieze with Two Seated Buddhas
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
2nd–3rd century

Bust of a Bodhisattva Shakyamuni
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
3rd–4th century

Kneeling Bodhisattva
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
1st–3rd century

Shist whetstone or polisher
Cypriot
ca. 1600–1050 BCE or earlier

Magical stela or cippus of Horus
332–280 B.C.

Lid of an ointment jar

ca. 1961–1840 B.C.

Reliquary
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
ca. 1st–3rd century

Reliquary with Contents
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
ca. 2nd–3rd century

Mirror Handle: Standing Woman
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
ca. 1st century BCE

Lion
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
2nd–3rd century

Buddha
Pakistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, possibly Takht-i-bahi monastery, ancient region of Gandhara
3rd century

Dish in Two Sections with Three Figures
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
1st century

Scarab Inscribed for Amenhotep III
ca. 1390–1352 B.C.

Stele with Eight Great Events from the Life of the Buddha
India, Bihar, possibly from Nalanda
10th century

Seated Bodhisattva Maitreya (Buddha of the Future)
Afghanistan (found near Kabul)
7th–8th century

Throne Crossbar with Makara Finial
Central Thailand
first half of the 8th century

Two Standing Women
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
ca. 1st century BCE

Bust of an Administrator of the Domain of Neith
ca. 600 BC

Reliquary
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
First three quarters of the 1st century(?)

Tiny Container Without a Lid

Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)

1st century(?)

Section of a Diptych in Linga Form, Interior Depicting the Face of Shiva
India (Jammu and Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir)
6th–7th century

Panel with Marine Deity
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
1st century

Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)

ca. 1st–3rd century

Seated Buddha Reaching Enlightenment, Flanked by Avalokiteshvara and Maitreya
India, Bihar, Nalanda monastery
late 10th–11th century

Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya (Buddha of the Future)
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
ca. 3rd century