John Thomson
1837–1921, United Kingdom
The Island Pagoda
Foochow and the River Min, 1873
Carbon prints from collodion negatives
8 3/4 x 11 5/16 inches (22.225 x 28.702 cm)
Gift of the estate of Mrs. Anthony Rives, 1973
PH26.19
© Peabody Essex Museum
Seated Ganesha
ca. 15th century
Thailand
Bronze
Gift of Steven Kossak, The Kronos Collections, in honor of Helen Cook, 1983
1983.512
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Two Sakuddei kerei read the oracle in the entrails of a chicken regarding the future fulfillment of their wishes, 1974.
© Reimar Schefold
Hat | Halmahera
© Yale University Art Gallery | Connecticut, USA
Painted drum with pedestal of phoenixes on tigers’ backs, ca. 300 BCE
Warring States period (475–221 BCE)
Lacquered wood
Hubei Provincial Museum
Overall: H. 136 cm, W. 134 cm, Drum: Diam. 60 cm
Priest's Sacred Book in Batak Script | Pustaha
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen
Lintel with Anthropomorphic Dragon in Foliage
Mid-7th century
Central Cambodia
Sandstone
Gift of Margery and Harry Kahn, 1985
1985.390.1
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Rosetta Stone. Granodiorite; Rasid, Egypt; Ptolemaic, 196 BC
© The Trustees of the British Museum
Left: Wall Panel with Langur Monkey | Tulangan Joja
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen | The Netherlands
Right: Wall Panel Decorated in Relief with Hornbill
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen | The Netherlands