Cm Dixon Collection (page 16)

Alexander the Great of Macedon (Iskandar) is brought by a priestess to spare an idol from destructio
Alexander the Great of Macedon (Iskandar), Mughal School, 1595-1596. Iskander is brought by a priestess to spare an idol from destruction. Illustration from a Persian manuscript

Timur enthroned during celebrations, Mughal manuscript, 1600-1601. Timur was a Turco-Mongol conqueror. At British Museum

Asoka Pillar, Delhi, c20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Asoka Pillar. Delhi, c20th century. The pillars of Ashoka are a series of columns dispersed throughout India, erected or at least inscribed with edicts by the Mauryan king Ashoka during his reign in

Buddhist Stupa with figures of Buddha adored by flying deities, 2nd century. Tw-sided Drum-slab, carved in pale limestone. Relief depicting a stupa with Buddha standing at entrance

Devadattas attempt to murder the Buddha, c2nd-3rd century. Devadettas Men are stricken with remorse when Buddha touches the wall. British Museum

Panel from The Bodhimanda, Buddha prepares for enlightenment, c2nd-3rd century. The Naga, Kalika, and his wife, comfort the Buddha as he takes his seat under the Bodhi-Tree. Relief carving

Gautama Buddha, The Presentation of the Bowls, Gandhara School. 2nd-3rd century. The seated Buddha holds a bowl in his left hand while his right rests upon it, taking food. Relief carving

Buddha with daughters of Sena, Gandhara Style, c2nd-3rd century. Before his enlightenment and emaciated by austerities, Buddha receives food from the daughters of Sena, Gandhara Style

Chinese Stoneware, Seated Daoist Deity, Ming Dynasty, 16th century. British Museum

Buddha meditating with disciples, Sariputta and Moggallana, c2nd-3rd century. Buddha preaching from a lotus flanked by two bodhisattvas, (from Jamalghari, Yosufzai) Gandhara Style. British Museum

Zoroaster, from Maharashtra, India, c19th century. Indian-Zoroastrian perception of Zoroaster derived from a figure that appears in a 4th century sculpture at Taq-e Bostan in south-western Iran

Mask of the War and Mountain God, Kangchendzonga, Sikkim, Himalaya

Siva Destroys the Demon and Haka, Harivamsa manuscript, Mughal School, c1590. The Harivamsha is an important work of Sanskrit literature also known as the Harivamsha Purana

Akbar hunting, Mughal Scool, 1590. At British Museum

Hanuman, the Monkey-Demon, causing mischief among men, c1730. Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, illustration to the Bhagavata Purana Divivida the monkey demon causing mischief Indian painting

Krishna, riding the Bird-God Garuda, fights the God, Indra (on an elephant), c1590. Garuda is a large legendary bird, bird-like creature

Ivory Dagger Handle of Camels Head, India, Mughal, 17th century. British Museum

The Institution of Passover, Italian Earthenware plate from Urbino, c1540-1545. Fontano Workshop

Birth of Adonis, Ovid: Metamorpheses X, Italian Earthenware Dish, 1541. Artist: Francesco Durantino
Birth of Adonis, Ovid: Metamorpheses X, Italian Earthenware Dish, 1541. Theias strikes a tree with an arrow, which bursts open and Adonis emerges

Monks and Organ with Sheet Music, Earthenware Italian Dish, c1515

Cupid on a Snail blowing a trumpet, plate from Siena, Italy, 1510

Portrait of Lorenzo, c15th century. Lorenzo di Credi (c. 1459 -January 12, 1537) was an Italian Renaissance painter and sculptor

Adoration of the Magi, Faenza, Italy, c1490

Soldier of the 4th Crusade, Mosaic in church of San Giovanni Evangelista, 13th century. The Fourth Crusade (1202-04) was a Western European armed expedition called by Pope Innocent III

Dome Mosaic in Orthodox Baptistry, Ravenna, Italy, 5th century. The Arian Baptistry in Ravenna, Italy is a Christian baptismal building that was erected by the Ostrogothic King Theodoric the Great

Tomb of Jesus on Easter Morning, Wood Panel, Byzantine casket, 5th century. British Museum

Pilate Condemns Christ and St Peter Denies Him, Ivory Panel, Byzantine Casket, early 5th century

The Incredulity of Thomas, Ivory Panel, Byzantine Casket, 5th century. British Museum

The Stoning of St Paul, Ivory Panel from Casket, Rome, late 4th century. At British Museum

Massacre of the Innocents, Fresco in church of Santi Agostino, Siena, 1482. Artist: Matteo di Giovanni
Massacre of the Innocents, Fresco in church of Santi Agostino, Siena, 1482. Mateo di Giovanni. The Massacre of the Innocents is the biblical account of infanticide by Herod the Great

Archaic Greek warrior in Bronze, Syracuse, Sicily

GreekGreek Ampitheatre, seashore and Mt Etna, Taormina, Sicily, 3rd century, (c20th century)
Greek Ampitheatre, seashore and Mount Etna, Taormina, Sicily, 3rd century, (c20th century). The Greek theatre of Taormina

Israelities Take Jericho, detail of Baptistry Door, Florence, Italy, c15th century. Artist: Lorenzo Ghiberti
Israelities Take Jericho, detail of Baptistry Door, Florence, Italy, c15th century. The Fall of Jericho, in Baptistry of San Giovanni by Lorenzo Ghiberti, Florence, Italy, ca. 1410

Moses and Israelites Cross the Red Sea, San Gimignano, Italy, 14th century. From the Old Testament cycle, The Israelites safely cross the Red Sea, but Pharaoh and his troops are drowned

Pitti Palace and the Boboli Gardens in August, Florence, Italy, c20th century. The Palazzo Pitti, sometimes called the Pitti Palace, is a vast, mainly Renaissance, palace in Florence, Italy

Mosaic detail in ambulatory of Santa Constanza church, Rome, 4th century. Mosaics in the ambulatory are secular and could be considered Dionysiac with images of grapes, fruit, birds

Christ the Teacher, c350

Moses Strikes the Rock, and Christ in the Garden, early Christian Sarcophagus, 4th century

Christ handing scrolll of new law to St Peter while looking at St Paul, mid-4th century. Marble Sarcophagus at Vatican Museums

Early Christian Sarcophagus of Christ healing the sick, 4th century. At Vatican Museums

Jonah and the Whale, early Christian Sarcophagus, Roman Marble, 4th century. At Vatican Museums

Fresco detail by Giotto of life of St Francis, Santa Croce, Florence, early 14th century

Moses strikes the Rock, for water in the desert, Early Christian Sarcophagus, c4th century. Early Christians sarcophagi are those Ancient Roman sarcophagi carrying inscriptions or carving relating

Roman Boat-Builder at work, on stele of Publius Longidienus, c2nd century. Publius Longidienus was also a boat-builder, Ravenna. Italy

Bust of Probus, Roman Emperor (276-282), c3rd century. Probus, (19 August 232 -September/October 282), was Roman Emperor from 276 to 282

Roman relief of a shoe-maker or repairer from Rheims, France, c1st-2nd century

Roman doctor inspecting eye of a woman, relief on gravestone, from house near Naix, France. Bas-relief, now in National Archaeological Museum, Rome, Italy

Testudo formation, detail of cast from Trajans Column, (1st century), c20th century. Cast of Trajans Column taken from the original 1st century AD

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping