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Standing Buddha Offering Protection, Red sandstone, India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura) — Standing Buddha Offering Protection
India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura)
late 5th century

Buddha Offering Protection, Copper alloy, India (probably Bihar) — Buddha Offering Protection
India (probably Bihar)
late 6th–early 7th century

Lakshmi, Goddess of Prosperity

, Brass, India (Himachal Pradesh) — Lakshmi, Goddess of Prosperity
India (Himachal Pradesh)
7th century

Bust of Vishnu, Terracotta, India (Bengal) or Bangladesh — Bust of Vishnu
India (Bengal) or Bangladesh
5th–6th century

Niche with the Seated Bodhisattva Shakyamuni Flanked by Devotees and an Elephant, Stucco, Afghanistan (Hadda) — Niche with the Seated Bodhisattva Shakyamuni Flanked by Devotees and an Elephant
Afghanistan (Hadda)
ca. 4th–5th century

Ritual Incense Burner, Bronze, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara) — Ritual Incense Burner
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
ca. 6th century

Ritual Basin, Bronze, Afghanistan or Central Asia — Ritual Basin
Afghanistan or Central Asia
6th–8th century

Incense Burner in Three Parts, Bronze, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara) or north India — Incense Burner in Three Parts
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara) or north India
ca. 6th century

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

Nagaraja (Serpent King), Stone, India (Madhya Pradesh) — Nagaraja (Serpent King)
India (Madhya Pradesh)
ca. second quarter of the 5th century

Standing Nagaraja (Serpent King), Red sandstone, India (Uttar Pradesh or Madhya Pradesh) — Standing Nagaraja (Serpent King)
India (Uttar Pradesh or Madhya Pradesh)
ca. mid- 5th century

Standing Balarama or Nagaraja (Serpent King), Red sandstone, India (Uttar Pradesh or Madhya Pradesh) — Standing Balarama or Nagaraja (Serpent King)
India (Uttar Pradesh or Madhya Pradesh)
ca. mid-5th century

Standing Four-Armed Vishnu, Terracotta, India (Uttar Pradesh) — Standing Four-Armed Vishnu
India (Uttar Pradesh)
5th century

Panel of a Portable Shrine, Phyllitic brown schist, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara) — Panel of a Portable Shrine
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
5th–6th century

Three-Sided Section of a Portable Shrine with Scenes from the Life of the Buddha, Phyllitic schist, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara) — Three-Sided Section of a Portable Shrine with Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
5th–6th century

Monumental Head of Buddha, Stucco, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara) or Afghanistan — Monumental Head of Buddha
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara) or Afghanistan
4th–5th century

Linga with Face of Shiva (Ekamukhalinga), Sandstone, India (Madhya Pradesh) — Linga with Face of Shiva (Ekamukhalinga)
India (Madhya Pradesh)
first half of the 5th century

Tile with Impressed Figures of Emaciated Ascetics and Couples Behind Balconies, Terracotta, India (ancient kingdom of Kashmir, Harwan) — Tile with Impressed Figures of Emaciated Ascetics and Couples Behind Balconies
India (ancient kingdom of Kashmir, Harwan)
5th–6th century

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

Lotus-Headed Fertility Goddess Lajja Gauri, Sandstone, India (Madhya Pradesh) — Lotus-Headed Fertility Goddess Lajja Gauri
India (Madhya Pradesh)
ca. 6th century

Rondel with a Racing Male Deity Cradling His Consort (Probably Shiva and Parvati), Terracotta, India — Rondel with a Racing Male Deity Cradling His Consort (Probably Shiva and Parvati)
India
5th century

Seated Buddha, Bronze with silver and copper inlay, India — Seated Buddha
India
late 6th–first half of the 7th century

Gold Coin Showing King Kumaragupta as an Archer, Gold, India — Gold Coin Showing King Kumaragupta as an Archer
India
415–455

Gold Coin Showing King Chandragupta II as an Archer, Gold, India — Gold Coin Showing King Chandragupta II as an Archer
India
ca. 376–414

Nagini (Serpent Queen or Consort of Nagaraja), Stone, India (Madhya Pradesh) — Nagini (Serpent Queen or Consort of Nagaraja)
India (Madhya Pradesh)
second quarter of the 5th century

Paris, Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi) Italian, Bronze, partially fire-gilt, silver inlay, Italian, Mantua — Paris
Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi)
ca. 1518–1524

Sofa, John Henry Belter American, Rosewood, Rosewood veneer; chestnut, pine (secondary woods); modern upholstery with some original underupholstery, American — Sofa
John Henry Belter
J. H. Belter & Co.
1850–60

Seated Buddha, Bronze with traces of gold leaf, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara) — Seated Buddha
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
1st to mid-2nd century

Enthroned Buddha Granting Boons, Gilt brass with silver and copper inlay, Pakistan (Gilgit Kingdom) — Enthroned Buddha Granting Boons
Pakistan (Gilgit Kingdom)
dated by inscription to ca. 600

Standing Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion, Bronze inlaid with obsidian(?), Northeast Thailand — Standing Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion
Northeast Thailand
8th–early 9th century

Manjuvajra Mandala, Black stone, Bangladesh or India (Bengal) — Manjuvajra Mandala
Bangladesh or India (Bengal)
11th century

Shiva as Mrityunjaya, the Conquerer of Death, Black stone, Bangladesh or India (Bengal) — Shiva as Mrityunjaya, the Conquerer of Death
Bangladesh or India (Bengal)
12th century

Enthroned Vishnu, Granulite, India — Enthroned Vishnu
India
second half of the 8th–early 9th century

Buddha, Limestone, India, Andhra Pradesh — Buddha
India, Andhra Pradesh
3rd century CE

Drum panel with scenes of the Great Departure and Temptation of the Buddha, Limestone, India, Nagarjunakonda, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh — Drum panel with scenes of the Great Departure and Temptation of the Buddha
India, Nagarjunakonda, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh
first half 3rd century CE

Tree Spirit Deity (Yakshi), Red sandstone, India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura region) — Tree Spirit Deity (Yakshi)
India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura region)
1st–2nd century

Diadem with Kinnaris (Half-Bird, Half-Female Creatures), Gold inset with garnet, India (Jammu & Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir) — Diadem with Kinnaris (Half-Bird, Half-Female Creatures)
India (Jammu & Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir)
9th–10th century

Patravahaka yaksha, Sandstone, India, Madhya Pradesh — Patravahaka yaksha
India, Madhya Pradesh
ca. 50 BCE

Vaikuntha Vishnu, Stone, India (Jammu & Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir) — Vaikuntha Vishnu
India (Jammu & Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir)
last quarter of the 8th century

Goddess who bestows riches, probably Sri Lakshmi, Molded terracotta, India, Chandraketugarh, West Bengal — Goddess who bestows riches, probably Sri Lakshmi
India, Chandraketugarh, West Bengal
1st century BCE