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Patravahaka yaksha, Sandstone, India, Madhya Pradesh
Patravahaka yaksha
India, Madhya Pradesh
ca. 50 BCE
Two Lotuses, from the Bharhut Stupa, Red sandstone, India (Madhya Pradesh)
Two Lotuses, from the Bharhut Stupa
India (Madhya Pradesh)
ca. 1st century BCE
Ring Stone, Stone, India
Ring Stone
India
ca. 1st–2nd century BCE
Auspicious Emblem with Four Dancing Figures, Terracotta, India (Uttar Pradesh, Kaushambi)
Auspicious Emblem with Four Dancing Figures
India (Uttar Pradesh, Kaushambi)
1st century BCE
Plaque with a Dancer and a Vina Player, Terracotta, India
Plaque with a Dancer and a Vina Player
India
1st century BCE
Plaque with a Winged Goddess and Two Attendants, Ivory, India (West Bengal)
Plaque with a Winged Goddess and Two Attendants
India (West Bengal)
ca. 1st century BCE
Plaque with Standing Yakshi, Wood, India (West Bengal)
Plaque with Standing Yakshi
India (West Bengal)
1st century BCE
Plaque with Erotic Scene, Bone, India
Plaque with Erotic Scene
India
1st century BCE
Plaque with the Goddess Durga Standing on a Lotus, Wood, India (West Bengal)
Plaque with the Goddess Durga Standing on a Lotus
India (West Bengal)
1st century BCE
The Moon God Chandra(?) in His Chariot with Wife and Attendant, Ivory, India (West Bengal)
The Moon God Chandra(?) in His Chariot with Wife and Attendant
India (West Bengal)
2nd–1st century BCE
The Sun God Surya(?) in His Chariot with Wives and Attendants, Ivory, India (West Bengal)
The Sun God Surya(?) in His Chariot with Wives and Attendants
India (West Bengal),
2nd–1st century BCE
Auspicious Emblem with Leogryph, Terracotta, India
Auspicious Emblem with Leogryph
India
ca. 1st century BCE
Mold and Impression for a Bejeweled Female, Terracotta, India
Mold and Impression for a Bejeweled Female
India
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Plaque with Goddess and Attendant, Terracotta, India
Plaque with Goddess and Attendant
India
ca. 100 BCE
Mold and Impression for a Crouching Demon Dwarf, Terracotta, India
Mold and Impression for a Crouching Demon Dwarf
India
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Auspicious Emblem with Pururavas and Urvashi, Terracotta, India
Auspicious Emblem with Pururavas and Urvashi
India
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Toy Model of a Cart, Terracotta, India
Toy Model of a Cart
India
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Amulet in the Form of a Warrior, Terracotta, India
Amulet in the Form of a Warrior
India
2nd–1st century BCE
Toy Cart, Terracotta, India
Toy Cart
India
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Figures Riding an Elephant, Terracotta, India (Uttar Pradesh, Kaushambi)
Figures Riding an Elephant
India (Uttar Pradesh, Kaushambi)
1st century BCE
Soldier, Terracotta, India
Soldier
India
2nd–1st century BCE
Plaque with Erotic Scene, Terracotta, India
Plaque with Erotic Scene
India
ca. 1st century BCE
Plaque with Standing Goddess, Terracotta, India
Plaque with Standing Goddess
India
ca. 100 BCE
Plaque with a Royal Family, Terracotta, India (West Bengal, Chandraketugarh)
Plaque with a Royal Family
India (West Bengal, Chandraketugarh)
1st century BCE
Plaque with a Royal Woman, Terracotta, India
Plaque with a Royal Woman
India
1st century BCE
Mirror Handle with Two Yakshis, Ivory, India (Bengal)
Mirror Handle with Two Yakshis
India (Bengal)
1st century BCE
Handle with Standing Figures, Ivory, India (Bengal)
Handle with Standing Figures
India (Bengal)
ca. 1st century BCE
Auspicious Emblem with Five Revelers, Double-molded terracotta, India (Uttar Pradesh)
Auspicious Emblem with Five Revelers
India (Uttar Pradesh)
1st–2nd century
Fragmentary Plaque with a Crowd of Onlookers, Terracotta, India (Bengal)
Fragmentary Plaque with a Crowd of Onlookers
India (Bengal)
1st century BCE–CE 1st century
Female Worshipper in Front of a Column Support, Bronze, India
Female Worshipper in Front of a Column Support
India
1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
Mold for a Female Donor
India
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Untitled Book of Erotica (Shunga) 春画, Utagawa Toyokuni I 歌川豊国一世 Japanese, Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan
Untitled Book of Erotica (Shunga) 春画
Attributed to Utagawa Toyokuni I 歌川豊国一世
1798
First Leaf of the Shunga; The Delightful Love Adventures of Maneyemon, Suzuki Harunobu Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan
First Leaf of the Shunga; The Delightful Love Adventures of Maneyemon
Suzuki Harunobu
ca. 1769
Rattle in the Form of a Crouching Yaksha (Male Nature Spirit), Terracotta, India
Restituted
Rattle in the Form of a Crouching Yaksha (Male Nature Spirit)
India
1st century BCE
Rattle in the Form of a Crouching Yaksha (Male Nature Spirit), Terracotta, India (West Bengal,Chandraketugarh)
Restituted
Rattle in the Form of a Crouching Yaksha (Male Nature Spirit)
India (West Bengal,Chandraketugarh)
1st century BCE
Rattle in the Form of a Crouching Grotesque Yaksha (Male Nature Spirit), Terracotta, India
Restituted
Rattle in the Form of a Crouching Grotesque Yaksha (Male Nature Spirit)
India
1st century BCE
Vessel, Ceramic, India (Bengal)
Restituted
Vessel
India (Bengal)
ca. 1st century BCE
Vessel, Ceramic, India (Bengal)
Restituted
Vessel
India (Bengal)
ca. 1st century BCE
Yakshi Holding a Crowned Child, Terracotta, India (Bengal)
Restituted
Yakshi Holding a Crowned Child
India (Bengal)
ca. 1st century BCE
Yakshi Holding a Crowned Child with a Visiting Parrot, Terracotta, India (Bengal)
Restituted
Yakshi Holding a Crowned Child with a Visiting Parrot
India (Bengal)
ca. 1st century BCE
Pot, Ceramic, India (Bengal)
Restituted
Pot
India (Bengal)
ca. 1st century BCE
Volume 3 of Unknown Erotic (Shunga) Set (Tōsei komonchō), Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川國芳 Japanese, Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan
Volume 3 of Unknown Erotic (Shunga) Set (Tōsei komonchō)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川國芳
after 1859

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