3D Images

Navagraha plaque, Pala-Sena style. Bihar, Northeast India, 9th - 10th century CE, Black shale. Musée d’Art et d’Histoire (Musée du Cinquantenaire, Brussels, Belgium). The plaque is a representation of the nine (nava) planets (graha) in Hinduism...

Funerary stele decorated with a crown, early 3rd Century CE, Acmonia (Phrygia), marble. Museum of Art History (Musée du Cinquantenaire), Brussels, Belgium. Made with Zephyr3D Lite from 3DFlow. The decorative elements of the door leaves...

Sargonid Dynasty-era Assyrian reliefs of the Southwestern Palace in Nineveh. From the reign of King Sennacherib (r.705 - 681 BCE). Museum of Art History (Musée du Cinquantenaire), Brussels, Belgium. Excavations of Henry Austen Layard...

A representation of Guanyin, the bodhisattva of compassion. Guanyin is a Chinese translation of the Sanskrit name Avalokitesvara, the bodhisattva of compassion. While in India, the bodhisattva of compassion is still depicted as a man, in...

This dish, decorated in high relief, had to have a decorative or votive function, because it is not usable. Red marks indicate that it was painted or golden. The central décor is reminiscent of ancient mirror box lids, while the framing patterns...

The first Mesopotamian piece of the Museum of Art History in Brussels, the piece was bought in 1854 CE from Luigi Calamatta (1801 - 1869 CE) by Antoine G.B. Schayes (curator from 1847 to 1859 CE). Relief, Reign of Sargon II (722-705 BCE...

Funerary stele of Aristomache, 4th BCE. This stele bears on the pediment the inscription "Aristomaché daughter of Syros". The young woman seems to have died before marriage, otherwise her husband's name would be given rather than her father's...

Basic fragment of Jupiter's column, in limestone with a representation of Venus in the center, Juno and his peacock on the right, a statue of Apollo the archer running and a dog sitting. Fontaine-Valmont (from Hainaut). Musée d'Art et d'Histoire...

An andesite statue of a Hindu deity dating from around the 8th Century CE, from the center of Java, Indonesia. This representation probably comes from the Diéng Plateau, which was an important site of Hindu worship on Java from the 6th Century...

Model of boat and bearers of offerings from the First Intermediate period - beginning of the Middle Kingdom (around 2000 BCE). Made of stuccoed and painted wood, and textiles. The model was found in grave 374 in Sedment, Egypt c. 1920-1921...