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Khmer Feminine Divinity Sculpture
This Khmer sandstone sculpture represents a Hindu goddess in the Baphuon style. It comes from Preah Vihear, Preah Vihear in Cambodia and dates from the 11th century CE. (Musée Guimet, Paris)
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Iberian Bull Sculpture
Iberian-Celtic bull sculpture from Saguntum (Sagunto), Spain. 4th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum, Sagunto)
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Nandi Sculpture
A serpentine stone sculpture of Nandi, the sacred bull calf and vehicle of the Hindu god Shiva. The Deccan, India, 1550-1650 CE. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
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Chokwe Sculpture, Angola
A wooden Chokwe sculpture, Angola, 19th century. The figure is female, likely royal, and has been hollowed out for use as a container for snuff with the head as the stopper. (Brooklyn Museum, New York)
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Eastern Han Pig Sculpture
A dolomite sculpture of a recumbent pig. Eastern Han Dynasty, 25-220 CE. Height: 3 cm. Length: 10.6 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
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The Family Founder Sculpture, Lepenski Vir
The Family Founder (Serbian Cyrillic: Родоначелник) is a quartz sandstone sculpture dating back from c. 6300 – c. 5900 BCE found at Lepenski Vir (Serbia). (Lepenski Vir Museum)
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Adam Sculpture, Lepenski Vir
A quartz sandstone sculpture dating back from c. 6300 – c. 5900 BCE found at Lepenski Vir (Serbia). (Lepenski Vir Museum)
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Pallava Sculpture, Kanchipuram
Sculpture believed to depict a scene from 'Mathavilasa Prahasana' at Thantondreeswara Temple, Kanchipuram, India. 8th century CE.
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Standing Taishaku Ten Sculpture
This sculpture dates from 10th-century CE Japan and is made of wood with polychrome. It depicts the deity Sakra Devanam Indra (or "Taishaku Ten" in Japanese). This deity may be traced back to Indra, a god of war in ancient India who was alted...
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Great Trek Relief Sculpture
A detail of a relief sculpture by Peter Kirchhoff depicting the Great Trek of the 1830s, when Boers in Southern Africa migrated northwards away from British-controlled territory in order ot establish new independent settlements of their own...