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The Hindu deity Vishnu and his avatars.  Black schist sculpture, artist unknown; 11th century.  Now

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Head of a man, from an Athenian grave monument.  Artist unknown; ca. 320 BCE.  Now in the Walters Ar

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Limestone stela of the Gatekeeper Maati.  Artist unknown; ca. 2051-2030 BCE (first part of the reign

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Limestone head of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Tutankhamun (r. ca. 1334-1325 BCE) being caressed by the

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Pentelic marble sculpture of a Siren holding a cithara (lyre), from a grave monument.  Artist unknow

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Head of a statue of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep III.  Artist unknown; ca. 1360 BCE.  Now in t

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Artemis, accompanied by a hound and holding a torch, crowns a mare.  Ancient Greek relief, artist un

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Travertine ushabti (with painted hieroglyphics) of the 19th Dynasty pharaoh Siptah (r. ca. 1197-1191

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Limestone offering table with a greywacke statuette of Sehetepib.  Artist unknown; ca. 1850-1775 BCE

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Sculpture of the seated Maitreya (the future Buddha).  Artist unknown; 2nd/3rd cent. CE. From India;

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Ancient Roman portrait head of a man.  Artist unknown; ca. 130-145 CE (reign of Hadrian or Antoninus

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Painted limestone funerary stela of the Royal Sealer Indi and his wife Mutmuti of Thinis, Priestess

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Ancient Egyptian block statue (black serpentine) of Kha-em-waset, Fan-Bearer and Chief of Works in t

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Marble statue of the hero Meleager.  Artist unknown; 2nd cent. CE.  From the gymnasium of Cypriot Sa

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Sandstone statue of Vishnu with personified attributes, from Madhya Pradesh, India.  Artist unknown;

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Statue (painted sandstone) of the 11th Dynasty pharaoh Mentuhotep II (r. ca. 2061-2010 BCE) in the J

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The 18th Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep III (r. ca. 1386-1349 BCE), wearing the khepresh (blue crown or w

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Portrait head (Parian marble) of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius (r. 138-161 CE).  From Athens; now

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The androgynous form of Shiva and Parvati (Ardhanarishvara).  Artist unknown; 11th century.  From In

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Statue of Artemis, found in the Theater Quarter of Delos.  Artist unknown; end of 2nd cent. BCE.  No

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