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Ningura Napurrula, Birth Story (N/A)
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Mirror Case with Scenes of a Baby Boy's Birth and Circumcision
Mirror Case with Scenes of a Baby Boy's Birth and Circumcision
Depicted on the fitted lid of this mirror case is a birth scene showing a baby boy in a shallow bath next to his mother, who is taken care of by a midwife. An attendant wraps the a...
The Birth of the Virgin
The Birth of the Virgin
These two panels, which entered the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection together in 1967, were part of a larger ensemble. They were altered in size at an unknown date, as the cut-down ed...
Figur. Qilin. Qingdynastin
Figur. Qilin. Qingdynastin
FIGURE. Qilin, fable animals with a dragon’s head, a deer’s body with a spring, an ox tail, a hooding and a horn in the forehead. Sitting with the left front leg uplifted. Decorate...
Burzuy Brings Nushirvan the Book of Kalila and Dimna (painting, recto; text, verso), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Burzuy Brings Nushirvan the Book of Kalila and Dimna (painting, recto; text, verso), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
The tale of how the collection of fables Kalila and Dimna was transmitted from India to Iran appears in the Shahnama in the section recounting the life and rule of Khusraw Anushirv...
Tirthankara Suparsvanatha in Kayotsarga, or Standing Meditation, Posture and Protected by a Five-Headed Naga
Tirthankara Suparsvanatha in Kayotsarga, or Standing Meditation, Posture and Protected by a Five-Headed Naga
Formerly thought to represent Parsvanatha, Jainism’s twenty-third Tirthankara, this sculpture has now been identified as Suparsvanatha, Jainism’s seventh Tirthankara. According to ...