The artistic remains, consisting of sacred image as well as sensuous, often flamboyant figures of women, emphasize the intermingling of the sacred and the secular in the art of India.
probably Andhra Pradesh) ca. 1st century BCE Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja) Indian
Rider on a NagA number of drawings from the Deccani kingdoms that incorporate marbling are known. A whole group of them illustrate nags; among the Sufis, nags are thought metaphorically to embody the body’s gross desires and therefore are properly shown starved and beaten
to such striking images of mortification, which became an established genre in Indian
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ca. 1525 Flintlock Longrifle Jacob Kuntz ca. 1810–20 Dagger with Scabbard Indian
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Japanese 5th century Mask Myōchin Muneakira dated 1745 Dagger with Scabbard Indian
Chinese lacquer, and ivory plaques and sculptures that show strong parallels to Indian
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Dance (Shiva Nataraja) India, Tamil Nadu late 12th–early 13th century Tambura Indian
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