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Plate 2 — XIR-162416
Title: Two decorated seals depicting a zebu and a bull
Creator(s):
Date:
View:
Vendor: Bridgeman Art Library
Date:
Plate 8 — Jia-2117
Title: Great Stupa
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 280 BCE-ca. 50 CE
View: South gateway, 1st century B.C.- 1st century A.D. (Andhra-Satavahana period; earliest and principal gateway), stone, approx. 9 m h. Total of stupa, view north from outside
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 280 BCE-ca. 50 CE
Plate 9 — Jia-2102
Title: Great Stupa
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 280 BCE-ca. 50 CE
View: East gateway (torana), 1st century B.C.- 1st century A.D. (Andhra-Satavahana period), stone, 8.53 m h (w/o topmost elements). Total from outside
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 280 BCE-ca. 50 CE
Plate 10 — Jia-2106
Title: Great Stupa
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 280 BCE-ca. 50 CE
View: East gateway from outside, close detail: female nature goddess (yakshi)
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 280 BCE-ca. 50 CE
Plate 12 — Jia-2700
Title: Prayer-Hall (Chaitya Hall)
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1st BCE-early 2nd c.; late 5th c. add.
View: Nave, principal view with stupa, columns & vaulting
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1st BCE-early 2nd c.; late 5th c. add.
Plate 16 — Kic-0113
Title: Headless Standing Buddha
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 425-450
View:
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 425-450
Plate 17 — Kie-0085
Title: Ajanta: Cave 1
Creator(s):
Date: ca. second half of 5th c. CE
View: Bodhisattva Padmapani holding his lotus on back wall to left of shrine antechamber
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. second half of 5th c. CE
Plate 18 — Kia-0711
Title: Dashavatara Vishnu Temple
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 475 CE
View: Total, view NE showing extent of platform (jagati)
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 475 CE
Plate 19 — Kia-0715
Title: Dashavatara Vishnu Temple
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 475 CE
View: Detail: W side, lintel above entrance to sanctum showing Vishnu enthroned on Ananta, the coiled serpent of infinity
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 475 CE
Plate 19 — Kia-0716
Title: Dashavatara Vishnu Temple
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 475 CE
View: Detail: W side, pilaster showing female earth spirit (yakshi) symbolizing wealth & power, and dwarf (gana)
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 475 CE
Plate 20 — Kia-0714
Title: Dashavatara Vishnu Temple
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 475 CE
View: Detail: S side, central niche, relief panel showing sleeping Vishnu & Lakshmi (above), and demons Madhu & Kaitabha & 4 personifications of Vishnu's weapons (below)
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 475 CE
Plate 21 — Kia-0687
Title: Great Cave
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 535-555 CE
View: North (central) portico, carved column
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 535-555 CE
Plate 21 — Kic-0115
Title: Nataraja, Shiva as the King of Dance
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1000-1099
View:
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1000-1099
Plate 22 — Kia-0686
Title: Great Cave
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 535-555 CE
View: Pillared hall (mandapa), S wall, relief panel of Shivamahadeva (triple-faced Shiva as fierce (Aghora), serene (Tatpurusha) and blissful (Vamadeva), from left to right
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 535-555 CE
Plate 23 — Kia-0922
Title: Mahishasuramardini Cave
Creator(s):
Date: ca.7th c.
View: Relief of Durga slaying the demon Mahisha, total
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca.7th c.
Plate 24 — Kia-0924a
Title: Five Pandava Temples (Panch Rathas)
Creator(s):
Date: second half of 7th c.
View: Draupadi, Arjuna, Bhima & Dharmaraja Rathas, closer view
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: second half of 7th c.
Plate 25 — Kia-0886
Title: Kandariya Mahadeva Temple
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1025 CE
View: Total, view N
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1025 CE
Plate 26 — Kia-1000
Title: Rajarajeshvara Temple Complex
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1004-1010
View: pyramid-shaped tower with monolithic crown (sikhara) at top
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1004-1010
Plate 30 — Kia-0410
Title: Stupa
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 800
View: Total
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 800
Plate 33 — Kca-0030
Title: Angkor: Khmer (Angkorean) capital and temple complexes
Creator(s):
Date: 1080-1107 and 1181-ca. 1220
View: Angkor Vat: Overall view
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: 1080-1107 and 1181-ca. 1220

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