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Highlights from the Indian Subcontinent

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

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

A Pair of Royal Earrings, Gold, India (probably Andhra Pradesh) — A Pair of Royal Earrings
India (probably Andhra Pradesh)
ca. 1st century BCE

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

Crowned Bodhisattva, Sandstone, North India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura) — Crowned Bodhisattva
North India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura)
3rd–early 4th 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

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

Standing Bodisattva Maitreya (Buddha of the Future), Schist, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara) — Standing Bodisattva Maitreya (Buddha of the Future)
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
ca. 3rd century

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

Torso of a Bodhisattva, Sahri-Bahlol Workshop, Schist, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara, mondern Peshawar region) — Torso of a Bodhisattva
Sahri-Bahlol Workshop
ca. 5th century

Reliquary in the Shape of a Stupa, Bronze, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara) — Reliquary in the Shape of a Stupa
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
ca. 4th–5th century

Door Guardian (Dvarapala), Stucco, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara) — Door Guardian (Dvarapala)
Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara)
ca. 4th century

Head of Buddha, Stucco with traces of paint, Afghanistan (probably Hadda) — Head of Buddha
Afghanistan (probably Hadda)
5th–6th century

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

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

Avalokiteshvara Padmapani, Bronze inlaid with silver and copper, Pakistan (Swat Valley) — Avalokiteshvara Padmapani
Pakistan (Swat Valley)
7th century

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

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

Crowned Buddha, Brass, India, Ancient kingdom of Kashmir — Crowned Buddha
India, Ancient kingdom of Kashmir
9th century

The Bodhisattva Vajrapani, Sandstone, Eastern India, Bihar, probably Nalanda — The Bodhisattva Vajrapani
Eastern India, Bihar, probably Nalanda
7th–early 8th century

The Goddess Durga Slaying the Demon Buffalo Mahisha, Argillite, Bangladesh or India (Bengal) — The Goddess Durga Slaying the Demon Buffalo Mahisha
Bangladesh or India (Bengal)
12th century

The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara Expounding the Dharma to a Devotee: Folio from a Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra Manuscript, Mahavihara Master, Opaque watercolor on palm leaf, India, West Bengal or Bangladesh — The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara Expounding the Dharma to a Devotee: Folio from a Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra Manuscript
Mahavihara Master
early 12th century

Crowned Buddha, Bronze inlaid with silver, lapis lazuli, and rock crystal, India (Bihar) — Crowned Buddha
India (Bihar)
10th–11th 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

Goddess Durga Slaying the Demon Mahisha, Schist, Eastern India, Bihar, probably Gaya district — Goddess Durga Slaying the Demon Mahisha
Eastern India, Bihar, probably Gaya district
second half of the 9th century

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

Standing Parvati, Copper alloy, Indian (Tamil Nadu) — Standing Parvati
Indian (Tamil Nadu)
ca. first quarter of the 10th century

Standing Vishnu, Copper alloy, India (Tamil Nadu) — Standing Vishnu
India (Tamil Nadu)
ca. third quarter of the 10th century

Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja), Copper alloy, Indian (Tamil Nadu) — Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja)
Indian (Tamil Nadu)
ca. 11th century

Hanuman Conversing, Copper alloy, India (Tamil Nadu) — Hanuman Conversing
India (Tamil Nadu)
11th century

Child Saint Sambandar, Copper alloy, India, Tamil Nadu — Child Saint Sambandar
India, Tamil Nadu
late 11th century

Yashoda with the Infant Krishna
, Copper alloy, India (Tamil Nadu, Pudukkottai and Tanjavur districts) — Yashoda with the Infant Krishna
India (Tamil Nadu, Pudukkottai and Tanjavur districts)
early 12th century

Ganesha, Copper alloy, India, Tamil Nadu — Ganesha
India, Tamil Nadu
12th century

Karaikkal Ammaiyar, Shaiva Saint, Copper alloy, India (Tamil Nadu) — Karaikkal Ammaiyar, Shaiva Saint
India (Tamil Nadu)
ca. late 13th century

Standing Vishnu as Keshava, Dasoja of Balligrama, Stone, India (Karnataka, probably Belur) — Standing Vishnu as Keshava
Dasoja of Balligrama
first quarter of the 12th century

Celestial dancer (Devata), Sandstone, Central India, Madhya Pradesh — Celestial dancer (Devata)
Central India, Madhya Pradesh
mid-11th century

Chamunda, the Horrific Destroyer of Evil, Sandstone, India — Chamunda, the Horrific Destroyer of Evil
India
10th–11th century

Vishnu, Sandstone, India (Punjab) — Vishnu
India (Punjab)
10th–11th century

Jain Svetambara Tirthankara in Meditation, Marble, India (Gujarat or Rajasthan) — Jain Svetambara Tirthankara in Meditation
India (Gujarat or Rajasthan)
first half of the 11th century

Ten Elements for East Window of an Architectural Ensemble from a Jain Meeting Hall, Teak with traces of color, India (Gujarat, Patan) — Ten Elements for East Window of an Architectural Ensemble from a Jain Meeting Hall
India (Gujarat, Patan)
last quarter of 16th century

Two box panels with mithuna couples, Ivory backed with gilded paper, India (Tamil Nadu) — Two box panels with mithuna couples
India (Tamil Nadu)
late 17th–early 18th century

Narasimha, Vishnu’s Man-Lion Avatar

Southern India, Tamil Nadu, probably Thanjavur district

ca. 1700–1750

Palampore, Cotton (painted resist and mordant, dyed), India (Coromandel Coast), for the Sri Lankan market — Palampore
India (Coromandel Coast), for the Sri Lankan market
first quarter of the 18th century

Devananda's Fourteen Auspicious Dreams Foretelling the Birth of Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript, Master of the Jaunpur Kalpasutra Indian, Opaque watercolor on paper, India, (Gujarat, Jaunpur) — Devananda's Fourteen Auspicious Dreams Foretelling the Birth of Mahavira: Folio from a Kalpasutra Manuscript
Master of the Jaunpur Kalpasutra
ca. 1465

Pichhwai for the Festival of Cows, Painted and printed gold and silver leaf and opaque watercolor on indigo-dyed cotton, India, Deccan, Aurangabad (?) — Pichhwai for the Festival of Cows
India, Deccan, Aurangabad (?)
late 18th century

The Gopis Plead with Krishna to Return Their Clothing: Folio from "Isarda" Bhagavata Purana, Master of the "Isarda" Bhagavata Purana, Opaque watercolor and ink on paper, North India (Delhi -Agra area) — The Gopis Plead with Krishna to Return Their Clothing: Folio from "Isarda" Bhagavata Purana
Master of the "Isarda" Bhagavata Purana
ca. 1560–65

Krishna and Balarama Fight the Evil King Kamsa’s Wrestlers: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana

, Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, India (Madhya Pradesh, Malwa) — Krishna and Balarama Fight the Evil King Kamsa’s Wrestlers: Page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana
India (Madhya Pradesh, Malwa)
ca. 1650

Krishna Revels with the Gopis: Page from a Dispersed Gita Govinda (Song of the Cowherds), Opaque watercolor and silver on paper, India (Madhya Pradesh, Malwa) — Krishna Revels with the Gopis: Page from a Dispersed Gita Govinda (Song of the Cowherds)
India (Madhya Pradesh, Malwa)
ca. 1630–40

Vilaval Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)

, Ink and opaque watercolor on paper, India (Rajasthan, Sirohi) — Vilaval Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)
India (Rajasthan, Sirohi)
ca. 1680

A Lady Playing the Tanpura, Ink, opaque and transparent watercolor, and gold on paper, India (Rajasthan, Kishangarh) — A Lady Playing the Tanpura
India (Rajasthan, Kishangarh)
ca. 1735

Maharana Sangram Singh Riding a Prize Stallion, Stipple Master Indian, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and Basra pearls on paper, India (Rajasthan, Mewar) — Maharana Sangram Singh Riding a Prize Stallion
Stipple Master
Jai Ram
ca. 1712

Mahadevi, the Great Goddess
, Ink, opaque watercolor, and silver on paper, India (Rajasthan, Bikaner) — Mahadevi, the Great Goddess
India (Rajasthan, Bikaner)
ca. 1725

Maharana Sarup Singh Inspects a Prize Stallion, Tara, Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper, Western India, Rajasthan, Mewar — Maharana Sarup Singh Inspects a Prize Stallion
Tara
1845–46

Shiva and Parvati Playing Chaupar: Folio from a Rasamanjari Series, Devidasa of Nurpur, Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper, India (Basohli, Jammu) — Shiva and Parvati Playing Chaupar: Folio from a Rasamanjari Series
Devidasa of Nurpur
dated 1694–95

Rama Releases the Demon Spies Shuka and Sarana: Folio from the Siege of Lanka series
, Manaku Indian, Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper, India, Guler, Himachal Pradesh — Rama Releases the Demon Spies Shuka and Sarana: Folio from the Siege of Lanka series
Manaku
ca. 1725

The Demon Hiranyaksha Departs the Demon Palace: Folio from a Bhagavata Purana Series, Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper, Northern India, Guler, Himachal Pradesh — The Demon Hiranyaksha Departs the Demon Palace: Folio from a Bhagavata Purana Series
Northern India, Guler, Himachal Pradesh
ca. 1740

Buddha Expounding the Dharma, Copper alloy, Sri Lanka (Anuradhapura) — Buddha Expounding the Dharma
Sri Lanka (Anuradhapura)
late 8th century

Buddha Seated in Meditation, Copper alloy with gilding, Sri Lanka. western regions — Buddha Seated in Meditation
Sri Lanka. western regions
16th century

Buddha, Copper alloy with gilding, Sri Lanka, Kandy district — Buddha
Sri Lanka, Kandy district
18th century