A Central Indian dark grey stone pilaster. 11th centuryCarved in three registers at the bottom with the figure of a standing Vishnu with a lotus, ...

A Gandhara unfired clay head of a bodhisattva. Pakistan. 4th/5th centuryWith moustache, curly hair bound into a loop, a head band, and ear hanging...

A Gandhara gray shist fragment, probably from the base of a stele. Pakistan. 2nd/3rd centuryWith a scene representing a warrior and two wrestlers....

A Central Indian reddish sandstone architectural fragment. 11th/12th centuryThe male torso wearing a crown and jewellery stands in an architectura...

A bronze oil lamp of dipa lakshmi type. 18th/19th centuryIn three parts, the goddess stands on a lotos base, inserted into a pedestal on four low ...

A South Indian copper alloy figure of Bala-Krishna. 14th/15th centuryKneeling and holding a ball of butter, with necklaces and a belt with small b...

A Rajasthani copper alloy shrine of Jina Parshvanatha. 12th centurySeated in meditation on a throne supported by two lions, underneath a seven hea...

A Mughal dagger (khanjar). Northern India. 18th/19th centuryThe double-edged blade of watered steel with a central raised rib and reinforced point...

A Mughal dagger (khanjar). Northern India, possibly Lucknow. 18th/19th centuryThe double-edged blade of steel with double fullers along the centra...

Three Indian two-coloured nephrite and quarz ceremonial spoons. Probably 20th centuryAll made in two pieces. a) Of nephrit, the bowl in shape of a...

Two Indian-Mughal pear-shaped bronze ewers (aftaba). 18th/19th centurya) On an oval foot, with a hexagonal curved spout, a curved handle, and an h...

Two Rajasthani hide and metal shields (dhal). 18th/19th centuryBoth of round shape with upturned rim, a) of light brown translucent hide with four...

A small North Indian Mughal style moss-green nephrite bowlRising from a small foot ring and with an everted rim, to the outside a fries of thirtee...

A Mughal bronze rosewater sprinkler. 19th centuryThe globular body, splayed foot and long neck decorated with floral motifs within reserves deline...

A Himachal Pradesh silver groom's crown (umlakh). Late 19th centuryConsisting of five panels connected by hinges displaying in repoussé a deity an...

An Anglo-Indian calamander wood workbox. Sri Lanka, Galle District. Ca. 1840-1860The exterior with a flat lid and a scalloped front, back and side...

A South Indian wooden braket. 18th/19th centuryCarved in open work with riders on horses in three registers, the hooves of the forelegs resting on...

A North Indian white jade pendant set with foil-backed rubies and diamonds in gold and enamels. PossOf triangular shape, decorated with a flower a...

Two Jain manuscript folios, probably from a Kalpasutra. India, Gujarat. 16th centurya) With three illustration, at the left the syllable HRIM wi...

Anonymous. 20. Jh.Seven portrait medallions of raja. Pigments on ivory. At the back of each medallion the name and dates of the portrayed person. ...

Anonymous. Rajasthan. 19th centuryPortrait of a raja in a white gown with shield and sword. Opaque colours and a little gold on paper. Matted, gla...

Anonymous. 20th centuryFour miniature painting, depicting a) Shah Jahan hunting, b) women by a well, c) lovers in a forest, and d) lovers in an in...

B. Prabha (1933-2001)"Sorrow". Oil on board. Framed and glazed. B. Prabha was an major 20th century female Indian artist. She studied at Nagpur Sc...

A Baphuon style grey sandstone torso of a female deity. Cambodia. Angkor. 11th centuryStanding and wearing a sampot with a wide centre fold and a...

A Pre-Angkor sandstone figure of a devi. Cambodia/Mekong delta. 7th centuryStanding with broad shoulders and right hand held forward, wearing a cl...

A Khmer male sandstone torso. Cambodia. Baphuon style. 11th centuryWith a slender body and broad shoulders, wearing a tight-fitting sampot held to...

A Khmer bronze hand bell and two other bells. Cambodia, Bayon. 12th/13th centurya) The body of typical bell shape with vajra handle, not belonging...

A Khmer bronze ewer. Cambodia. 12th/13th centuryOf rounded shape on a molded foot andwith a molded rim continuing into the conical molded lid. Gr...

Two Khmer bronze pieces. Cambodia, Angkor Wat style. 12th centurya) A single richly decorated palanquin hook with a large round aperture and the h...

A Khmer bronze two-part fitting for an axle. Cambodia.12th centuryConsisting of a molded ring with an openwork frieze at the centre and a zylindr...

A Khmer bronze figure of a dancing dakini. Cambodia. 12th centuryStanding on one leg on a tiny base above a large molded pedestal, both hands held...

A Khmer bronze figure of a standing Shiva. Cambodia. Bayon style. 13th centuryStanding on a small plinth, both hands held foreward and formerly ho...

A Sukhothai bronze head of Buddha. 15th centuryWith an elegant face tapering toward the chip. the eyes lowered in meditation underneath curved bro...

A Sukhothai style head of a Buddha. Thailand. 15th century or laterA narrow and elegant head with eyes lowered in meditation, a long slender nose ...

An very large Ayutthaya sandstone head of a Buddha. Thailand. 15th/16th centuryThe face with a serene expression, the eyes lowered in meditation, ...

A very fine Northern Thai bronze figure of Buddha Maravijaya. 15th centurySeated in meditation on a lotus base with finely rendered petals and sta...

A very large Sukhothai style bronze figure of Buddha Shakyamuni. Thailand. 19th centurySeated in meditation on a double lotus above a plain base, ...

An Ayutthaya bronze Buddha. Thailand. Probably 17th centuryStanding wearing a tightly fitting robe covering both arms, the right hand held forward...

A Thai lacquered and gilded bronze head of a Buddha. 19th centuryThe oval head with a serene expression, the eyes of mother-of-pearl, the pupils i...

An Ayutthaya bronze figure of a crowned Buddha. Thailand. 17th/18th centuryStanding with his right hand in abhaya mudra, the left hand hanging dow...

An U-Thong style bronze figure of a Buddha. Thailand. 17th centuryStanding on a small rectangular base, both hands held forward in abhaya mudra, w...

A Ratanakosin lacquered and gilded bronze figure of Phra Malai. Thailand. 19th centuryThe monk ist depicted visiting the Buddhist hell shouldering...

An oblong bronze and silver inlay betel nut box (lotoan) of the Maranao tribe. Southern Philippines.Decorated with floral motives, the typical oki...

A Ratanakosin lacquered and gilded bronze figure of a bejewelled Buddha. Thailand. Early 19th centurStanding on a small lotus above an octagonal a...

A Mandalay lacquered wood figure of Buddha Shakyamuni. Burma. 20th centurySeated in meditation on a base, the right hand in bhumisparsa mudra plac...

A Tibetan mandala of Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra. 17th/18th centuryWith 32 deities inside the mandala palace, with Guhyasamaja at centre in embranc...

A Tibetan mandala of Amoghapasha-Lokeshvara. 17./18th centuryWith the eight-armed Amoghapasha standing at the centre of the mandala palace, within...

A delicate Eastern Tibetan thangka of Milarepa. 18th/19th centuryThe yogi seated with his right knee raised on a rounded cushion draped with an an...

A Tibetan thangka of Amitabha in Sukhavati. 15th century or laterSeated in dhyanasana on a lotus base with hands in dhyanamudra supporting a bowl,...

A Tibeto-Chinese thangka of Buddha Amitayus. 19th centuryThe Boundless Live Buddha seated in the vajra position on a lotus throne atop a stepped r...

A Tibetan blackground thangka of Vajrakila in yab-yum. Around 1700The wrathful deity of the Nyingma tradition with three faces, six arms, four leg...

An excellent and large Tibetan thangka of a preaching Buddha. 18th centurySeated on a lotus blossom above a throne, backed by a nimbus and aureole...

A Tibetan blackground thangka of Shabhuja Mahakala. 18th centuryThe Great Black One with six hands striding in alidhasana over a prostrate figure ...

A Nepalese thangka (paubha) of Vajravarahi. 18th/19th centuryThe skull- and bones-adorned dakini with the characteristic boar head behind her righ...

A Tibetochinese thangka of Rakta Yamari. 18th centuryThe Red Conquerer of Death standing in alidhasana on a lotus, holding in his right hand a sta...

A Tibetan thangka of Padmasambhava in his Copper Mountain Paradise. 19th centuryThe Lotus-Born Guru seated on the ground floor of his three-storie...

A Tibetan thangka of Simhavaktra. 16th/17th centuryThe lion-faced dakini dancing on a lotus base at the centre, holding in her right hand a curved...

A small Nepalese bronze figure of Buddha Shakyamuni. 14th centurySeated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base with his right hand lowered in bhumis...

A Tibetan bronze figure of Maitreya. 16th centuryThe finely cast bodhisattva of loving kindness seated in vajrasana on a double-lotus throne, his ...

A Tibetan bronze figure of Padmasambhava. 17th/18th centurySeated on a lotus base holding a vajra in his raised hand and a skull cup in his left, ...