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![The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka Exhibition, LACMA [4]](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/9768.jpg?v=1599127203)
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The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka Exhibition, LACMA [4]
Installation photograph, The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 5, 2018–June 23, 2019, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA
![Painted Ivory Comb, Sri Lanka](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/9761.jpg?v=1704280809)
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Painted Ivory Comb, Sri Lanka
A painted ivory comb, Sri Lanka, 18-19th century CE. On display as part of 'The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka' exhibition, at the LACMA in Los Angeles, California (2018-19)
![Slab Tomb, Meseta A](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/11054.jpg?v=1599168603)
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Slab Tomb, Meseta A
Stone slab tomb with carved sarcophagus lid at Meseta A at Alto de los Ídolos near San Agustín, Huila Department, Colombia. Created c. 1st to 10th century CE.
![Illustrated Buddhist Manuscript Cover](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/5002.jpg?v=1705818422)
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Illustrated Buddhist Manuscript Cover
Illustrated Buddhist manuscript cover narrating tales of Jataka. It was created in the late 11th century CE in Bihar, India. (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, L.A.)
![Cardinal Agostino Pallavicini](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/16287.png?v=1712301546)
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Cardinal Agostino Pallavicini
A c. 1621 portrait of Cardinal Agostino Pallavicini by Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641). The cardinal is wearing robes dyed with cochineal. (Getty Center, Los Angeles)
![The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka Exhibition, LACMA [1]](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/9765.jpg?v=1599127202)
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The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka Exhibition, LACMA [1]
Installation photograph, The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 5, 2018–June 23, 2019, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA
![Emperor Hadrian from Yecla](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13393.jpg?v=1612788316)
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Emperor Hadrian from Yecla
This is the most recently discovered portrait of the Roman Emperor Hadrian. The bust, characterized by its excellent condition, was unearthed during archaeological excavations in 2014 CE at the Roman Villa of Los Torrejones in Spain. The...
![Thracian Miniature Axe, Regional Museum of History - Stara Zagora](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10987.jpg?v=1599166803)
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Thracian Miniature Axe, Regional Museum of History - Stara Zagora
Miniature axe, decorated with protomes of a bull, griffin, and a deer. The blade is shaped as a stylised goat head. 8th-7th century BCE. Regional Museum of History - Stara Zagora. Photo: Nikolay Genov in catalogue of the exhibition Los...
![Silla Kobae Bowl Stand](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/6090.jpg?v=1714162683)
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Silla Kobae Bowl Stand
A stoneware bowl stand from the Silla kingdom of ancient Korea, often called kobae. They were used to store foodstuffs and the lid could be inverted and serve as an extra dish. 5th to 7th century CE. (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
![War Chief Mow-way](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/18144.jpg?v=1699701305)
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War Chief Mow-way
Mow-way (c. 1825-1886), the principal leader and war chief of the Kotsoteka band of the Comanche during the 1860s and 1870s, photograph by William Stinson Soule, 1869-1874.
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.