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Flameware cooking vessel / Japan / Jōmon period, c. 2500 BCE / terracotta

Fang ding vessel with taotie design / China / Shang dynasty, c. 1200 BCE / bronze

Female figurine from Mohenjo-daro / Sindh province, Pakistan / Indus period, c. 2600-1900 BCE / bronze

Ban Chiang clay jar / Northeastern Thailand / 300 BCE - 200 CE / painted pottery

Ambum Stone / Enga, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea / c. 1500 BCE / greywacke

Great Stupa / Sanchi, India / c. 250 BCE / brick, stone, plaster

Buddha Preaching His First Sermon / Sarnath, India / Gupta period, c. 475 CE / sandstone

Vishnu Reclining on the Serpent Ananta / Vishnu Temple, Deogarh, India / early 6th cent. CE / sandstone relief

Borobudur / central Java, Indonesia / 9th cent. CE / volcanic stone
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Kandariya Mahadeva Temple / Khajuraho, India / c. 1035 CE / sandstone
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Shiva Nataraja / southern India / Chola period, 11th-12th cent. CE / bronze
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Angkor Wat / Angkor, Cambodia / c. 1113-1145 CE / sandstone
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Haniwa warrior / Gunma, Japan / Kofun period, 6th cent. CE / earthenware
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Incense burner in the form of the Isle of the Immortals / Tomb of Liu Sheng, Mancheng, China / Western Han dynasty, c. 113 BCE / bronze inlaid with gold
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Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies / Gu Kaizhi (artist) / Tang dynasty copy of a 4th- or 5th-century original / ink and colors on silk
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Colossal Seated Buddha / Cave 20, Yungang, China / Northern Wei dynasty, c. 460-465 CE / sandstone
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Pensive Bodhisattva, probably Maitreya / Silla Kingdom, South Korea / Three Kingdoms period, early 7th cent. CE / gilded bronze
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Shaka (Shakyamuni) Triad / Tori Busshi (artist) / Horyuji temple, Nara, Japan / Asuka period, 623 CE / gilded bronze
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Camel Carrying a Group of Musicians / Xi’an, China / Tang dynasty, 723 CE / Earthenware with three-color (sancai) glaze
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Scene from The Tale of Genji / Japan / Late Heian period, 12th cent. CE / ink and colors on paper handscroll
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Phoenix Hall, Byodoin temple / Uji, Japan / c. 1053 CE / painted wood with tile roof
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Bodhisattva Guanyin in Water-Moon Form / Northern China / Liao dynasty, 11th century / wood with traces of pigment
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Travelers among Mountains and Streams / Fan Kuan (artist) / China / Northern Song dynasty, c. 1000 CE / ink and colors on silk hanging scroll
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Altar vases / China / Yuan dynasty, 1351 CE / porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
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Kundika / Korea, Goryeo Kingdom / late 12th-early 13th cent. CE / stoneware with inlays under celadon glaze
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Dry landscape garden / Ryoanji temple, Kyoto, Japan / Muromachi period, c. 1480 / gravel and rocks
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Aerial view of Teotihuacan / Teotihuacan, Mexico / Teotihuacan culture, c. 150-250 CE / earthworks and stone masonry
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Funerary mantle with embroidered decoration / Paracas, Peru / Paracas culture, 1st century CE / camelid fiber
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Hummingbird geoglyph / Nasca, Peru / Nasca culture, c. 500 CE / earthworks
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Portrait vessel / Moche, Peru / Moche culture, c. 400-600 CE / ceramic with slip decoration
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Colossal Head / San Lorenzo, Mexico / Olmec culture, 1200-900 BCE / basalt
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Shield Jaguar II and Lady K’ab’al Xook / Yaxchilan, Mexico / Maya culture, c. 725 CE / limestone lintel
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Great Serpent Mound / Ohio, USA / Mississippian culture, c. 300 BCE - 1100 CE / earthworks
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Cliff dwellings / Mesa Verde, Four Corners region, USA / Ancestral Puebloan culture, c. 1000-1300 CE / adobe and stone masonry
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Mimbres bowl / New Mexico, USA / Mimbres culture, c. 1250 CE / earthenware with slip decoration