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Boy's tunic
Boys' survival is crucial for Turkmen nomads. As they grow o…
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Pair of felt tent bags
Felt is a highly versatile fabric. It has been made and used…
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Double dirham of Nuh b. Mansur
During the tenth century two dynasties ruling in the north-e…
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Multiple dinar of Muhammad bin Sam
The Muslim Ghurid dynasty (1030s-1215) supplanted and conque…
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Bimaran Reliquary
The frieze on this reliquary bears one of the earliest depic…
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Bronze figure of Maitreya
Central Asia has played a key role in the transmission of id…
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Gold amulet containing relics
William Simpson left a note in this amulet dated 17 February…
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Stucco head of a monk
From the time of his Enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, the…
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Bronze coin of Agathocles
Touch the animation button on the left for a translation of …
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Gold stater of Hormizd (I) Kushanshah
By AD 240 the Sasanian empire included the former Kushan ter…
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Silver dinar of the Alchon Huns
The Huns invaded the former Sasanian and Kushan territories …
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Silver tetradrachm of Agathocles
Agathocles was a king of Bactria, an ancient Greek kingdom i…
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Brass tankard
The inscription band around the neck contains the name and t…
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High-spouted brass ewer
This is one of a group of high spouted ewers made in Herat i…
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Humayun's garden party, a painting in gouache and gold on cotton
Temporarily ousted from his throne by rebellious forces, Hum…
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Lapis lazuli stamp seal
This stamp seal was originally almost square, but because of…
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Leaded bronze figure of a winged beast
There is considerable debate about the date of this fabulous…
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The Vaso Vescovali
High tin bronze vessels were valued throughout the Islamic w…
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Bronze reliquary and Kushan coins from a Buddhist relic deposit
In 1836, Charles Masson, an Englishman who was employed, amo…
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Glass bowl with enamelled decoration
Bowls similar to this, decorated with enamelled animal and f…
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Limestone relief panel showing the conversion of Sundarananda
This fine relief illustrates the story of the conversion of …
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Sultan Muhammad (attributed to), Rustam sleeps while Rakhsh fights off a lion, a painting in gouache on paper
The Shahnama , or Book of Kings, is the national epic of Per…
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The death of the hero Rustam and his horse Rakhsh, a painting in gouache on paper
This painting belongs to a Shahnama manuscript that was prod…
