A LARGE AND IMPORTANT 'LEOPARD QUEEN' CHLORITE JAR, WESTERN ASIA, 3RD MILLENNIUM BCThe massive and heavy vessel is supported on a domed base with ...

A PINK SANDSTONE BUST OF A GODDESS, GUPTA PERIODNorthern India, c. 5th-6th century. Finely carved with prominent, voluptuous breasts, adorned with...

A RARE SANDSTONE MINATURE STELE FIGURE OF A MOTHER GODDESS WITH CHILDExpert's note: The composition of this small stele is closely related to that...

A RARE TERRACOTTA RELIEF DEPICTING AN ASURA, GUPTA PERIODEastern India, Bengal, 5th-6th century. Powerfully modeled, the asura standing in a dynam...

A RARE BACCHANALIAN KUBERA, GUPTA EMPIRE, PINK SANDSTONENortheastern India, 6th to mid-8th century e.g. late Gupta Empire to Later Gupta Dynasty. ...

A GRAY SCHIST BUST OF VISHNU, KASHMIR, 8TH-9TH CENTURYThis is a superb example of its type, expressively carved and subtly blending purity of form...

A SANDSTONE GROUP DEPICTING HARITI AND PANCHIKAIndia, c. 10th century. Finely carved in openwork, the tutelary couple seated side by side and back...

A BUFF SANDSTONE FIGURE OF DANCING GANESHA, MAHAGANAPATI, 10TH CENTURYCentral India. Carved as a dancing Ganesha with his right leg raised, the tr...

A SANDSTONE STUPA DOME FRAGMENT DEPICTING BUDDHA, POST-GUPTA PERIODIndia, 7th-10th century. Finely carved, seated in 'Hellenistic pose' on a lotus...

A BLACK SCHIST STELE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, PALA PERIODNortheastern India, Bihar, 10th century. Well carved seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus ...

A BLACK SCHIST FIGURE OF GANESHA WITH A SNAKE MANDORLA, PALA PERIODNortheastern India, Bihar, 11th century. The six-armed pot-bellied god of auspi...

A BLACK STONE STELE OF NEMINATHA, THE 22ND JAIN TIRTHANKARAIndia, 15th-17th century. Well carved in openwork, the central deity standing in samabh...

A LARGE COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF MANIKKAVACAKAR, TAMIL NADU, 14TH-15TH CENTURYSouth India. Boldly cast standing in tribhanga atop a double lotus ped...

A JAIN WHITE MARBLE BUST OF THE CHILD KRISHNA, 14TH-15TH CENTURYIndia, Rajasthan. Well carved, the face with large almond-shaped eyes below thick ...

AN IVORY FIGURE OF KRISHNA VENUGOPALA, PLAYING THE FLUTEIndia, 16th-17th century. Carved standing, his arms raised to the side to play the flute, ...

A BRONZE 'LOTUS MANDALA' LINGAM STAND WITH HANUMANIndia, 17th century. Hanuman is kneeling atop a pierced and stepped square pedestal, his hands c...

A CEREMONIAL COPPER SHIELD DEPICTING VIRABHADRA, 17TH-18TH CENTURYDecca, Southern India. The four-armed deity standing on a tiered base within a c...

A LARGE BRONZE DANCER'S HEADPIECE IN THE FORM OF A PANJURLI BHUTA (BOAR SPIRIT DEITY)South India, Kerala or Karnataka, 18th century. The mask fine...

A RARE MUGHAL WHITE JADE CARVED 'GOOSE HEAD' FLASKNorthern India, 18th century. Of mango-form terminating in a goose head with garnet-inlaid eyes,...

A MUGHAL PINK SANDSTONE CHINI KANA PANEL WITH PEACOCKSExpert's note: This type of decoration was referred to as Chini Kana, a term meaning 'China ...

A LARGE AND MASSIVE 'COSMIC EGG', BRAHMANDA, INDIA, 19TH CENTURYThe stone of typical ovoid form and finely polished with distinct natural markings...

A VERY LARGE AND MASSIVELY CAST BRONZE TEMPLE URLI, KERALA, 19TH CENTURYSouthwestern India. Set with a shallow rounded base, short bulbous sides, ...

A RARE AND IMPRESSIVE SLIP-DECORATED 'LEOPARD' POTTERY BOWLEastern Iran, 10th century. Of conical form and supported on a short flat foot, freely ...

'LION AT REST', MUGHAL EMPIRE1526-1857. Watercolors on paper. The resting lion reclining in a bamboo grove within a rocky landscape under dark wis...

A BRONZE DRUM, HAN DYNASTYChina, 202 BC - 220 AD. The round drum supported on a waisted base, the top and sides finely cast in relief with multipl...

A MASSIVE BRONZE RAIN DRUM, DONG SON CULTUREVietnam, first millennium BC. The heavy, round drum with a waisted base, the top and side finely cast ...

A RARE AND MASSIVE CEREMONIAL SLIT DRUM, GARAMUT, SEPIK RIVER REGIONOpinion: This ceremonial drum was removed from its original place, where it on...