Seated figurine; grey pottery. From Isthmus of Tehuantepec, State of Oaxaca. Clay figurines appear in the graves and household debris of the earliest farmers in Mexico and continued to be made and used by successive civilisations until the Spanish…
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…
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…