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Ushabti figure, blue glazed, uninscribed.

Brass sextant with silver scale, signed (see inscription), in a red leather box. Made in the early 19th Century and used by Robert Wilson in his Eastern travels, 1820-23. Inscription: engraved just below the scale Schmalcalder 82 Strand London

One of two stone images from the ruins of the Great Temple of Majoput, Java.

Human figure, male, imperfect (upper half of body only), in black basalt.

Fragment of a carved relief representing the Buddha meeting a royal personage.

Fragment of a carved relief representing the Buddha confronting an elephant. Inscription: Old label: 23

Around the bottom of the relief are four panels describing, from right to left: the death of the Buddha and attainment of Parinirvana; the cremation, with the fire being extinguished by two Mallas pouring perfumed water over the flames; the…

Statue of the seated Buddha in meditation, halo slightly broken, below the seat are five smaller figures, four are seated in the lotus position and one is standing. Inscription: Typed label on back: GRAECO-BUDDHIST FIGURE FOUND NEAR MORA PASS, SWAT…

Fragment of a relief showing a kneeling Atlant with wings and elephantine feet (larger of the two panels on display in the museum). Inscription: Old label: 1
This motif has ancient near Eastern origins and is found in early Indian and Greek art. In…

Fragment of a statue, head of the Buddha, with topknot, tuft and moustache, and part of the halo. Old label: 5