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Sword Guard (Tsuba) with Elephant in Pine by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sword Guard (Tsuba) with Elephant in Pine

Unrecorded maker

c. 1800 · Arms and Armor, iron

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Goddess Siddhalakshmi by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Goddess Siddhalakshmi

Unrecorded maker

1000s · Sculpture, bronze

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Achala, King of the Wrathful Ones by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Achala, King of the Wrathful Ones

Unrecorded maker

early 1200s · Textile, Thangka, silk tapestry with pearls

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The vizier dissuades the king of Bahilistan from executing the dervish who asks for his daughter’s hand in marriage, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The vizier dissuades the king of Bahilistan from executing the dervish who asks for his daughter’s hand in marriage, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night

Unrecorded maker

c. 1560 · Painting, gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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Shiva and Devi on Gajasura's hide by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Shiva and Devi on Gajasura's hide

Unrecorded maker

c. 1675–80 · Painting, Gum tempera and silver on paper

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Palanquin Hook by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Palanquin Hook

Unrecorded maker

1175–1230 · Sculpture, bronze

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Youth as a Stand-in Monju by Suzuki Harunobu, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Youth as a Stand-in Monju

Suzuki Harunobu (d. 1770)

c. 1767 · Print, color woodblock print

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Portrait of Raja Ram Singh of Amber (r. 1667-1688) with a Deccan Sword (recto); Calligraphy (verso) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Raja Ram Singh of Amber (r. 1667-1688) with a Deccan Sword (recto); Calligraphy (verso)

Unrecorded maker

c. 1680–1685 · Painting, Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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Sindhu Raga by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sindhu Raga

Unrecorded maker

c. 1720 · Painting, Gum tempera and ink on paper

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Poros Assailed by the Macedonian Army (recto); Sketches of Animals (verso) by Perino del Vaga, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Poros Assailed by the Macedonian Army (recto); Sketches of Animals (verso)

Perino del Vaga (d. 1547)

c. 1545/47 · Drawing, pen and brown ink (iron gall) and brush and brown wash; framing lines in gold paint

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Poros Assailed by the Macedonian Army (recto) by Perino del Vaga, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Poros Assailed by the Macedonian Army (recto)

Perino del Vaga (d. 1547)

c. 1545/47 · Drawing, pen and brown ink (iron gall) and brush and brown wash; framing lines in gold paint

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Sketches of Animals (verso) by Perino del Vaga, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sketches of Animals (verso)

Perino del Vaga (d. 1547)

c. 1545/47 · Drawing, pen and brown ink (iron gall) and brush and brown wash

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