Cm Dixon Collection (page 8)

Bronze used in Shamans practices, Kama River Tribes, 3rd century BC-8th century. Miraculous image relating to shamanism and magic. State Hermitage Museum. Leningrad

Bronze Plaque from Kama River area, relating to Shamanism, 3rd century BC-8th century. State Hermitage Museum. Leningrad

Silver and Gilt Plaque from Kama River region, USSR, 3rd century BC-8th century. State Hermitage Museum. Leningrad

Bronze Miraculous Beast from Kama River Tribes, USSR, 3rd century BC-8th century. Miraculous image related to shamanism & magic in Animal Style of the steppes. State Hermitage Museum

Bronze from Kama River Tribes, USSR, 3rd century BC-8th century. Miraculous image related to shamanism & magic. State Hermitage Museum

Bronze Plaque, Kama River Tribes, 3rd century BC-8th century. State Hermitage Museum

Bronze Plaque, Kama River Tribes Mircaulous Image of Wilde Beast, 3rd century BC-8th century. Miraculous image related to shamanism & magic. Hermitage Museum

Bronze Plaque from Kama River Tribes related to Shamanism, USSR, 3rd century BC-8th century. State Hermitage Museum

Bronze Plaque from Kama River Tribes, USSR, 3rd century BC-8th century. Miraculuous image related to shamanism & magic. Hermitage Museum

Bronze Plaque related to Shamanism and Magic, Kama River Area, USSR, 3rd century BC-8th century. Miraculous image in traditional style related to Shamanism. At State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad

Bronze Plaque, illustrating Shamanism and Magic, Kama River Area, USSR, 3rd century BC-8th century. Miraculous image related to Shamanism. At State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad

Decoration on tower and dome of Shir-Dar Madrasa, Samarkand. Uzbekistan, c20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Decoration on tower and dome of Shir-Dar Madrasa, Samarkand. Uzbekistan, c20th century. The Shir Dar or Sher Dor madrasa was built in the seventeenth century

Shir-Dar Madrasa, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, c20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Shir-Dar Madrasa, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, c20th century. The Shir Dar or Sher Dor madrasa was built in the seventeenth century, as a teaching institution and residential school of Islamic sciences

Outside wall of Shir-Dar Madrasa, Samarkand, c20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Outside wall of Shir-Dar Madrasa, Samarkand, c20th century. The Shir Dar or Sher Dor madrasa was built in the seventeenth century

Samarkand Stone Lectern, Bibi-Khanum Mosqu ruins, c20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Samarkand Stone Lectern, Bibi-Khanum Mosqu ruins, c20th century. Bibi-Khanym Mosque, is one of the most important monuments of Samarkand

Ulug-Beg Madrasa built 1417-20, Samarkand Registan, c20th century Artist: CM Dixon
Ulug-Beg Madrasa built 1417-20, Samarkand Registan, c20th century. Built by Ulugh Beg during the Timurid dynasty at the Registan in the heart of the ancient city of Samarkand

Wooden bridle ornament, Head of Tiger from Altai, 5th century BC-4th century BC. At the Hermitage Museum, Leningrad

Scythian wooden bridle ornament. The Scythians or Scyths were a group of Iranian people and Eurasian nomads who inhabited the western

Silver Bowl from a Sarmatian Tomb, 4th-5th century. The Sarmatians were a large confederation of Iranian people during classical antiquity, flourishing from about 5th century BC to 4th century

Scythian gold, c8th century BC-1st century BC. The Scythians or Scyths were a group of Iranian people and Eurasian nomads who inhabited the western

Lion, Chinese Porcelain
Lion. Chinese Porcelain. British Museum

Dog, One of Twelve Animals in the Japanese Zodiac, Netsuke, c19th century. Victoria and Albert Museum. London

Shou Lao, God of long life, Chinese Porcelain, 18th century. Formerly a stellar deity, the ancient Chinese Taoist god of long life and luck

The immortals visit Shou-Lao, god of Longevity, Porcelain dish, 17th century. from Qing Dynasty, Kangxi reign at British Museum

Cockerels, Famille Rose Enamel Porcelain Plate, Ch Ieh Lung, 1736-1795. Victoria and Albert Museum

Porcelain Dish with Dragons and Phoenixes, c18th century. Painted in underglaze blue and enamels and marked during reign of Kang Hai (1661-1722)

Cloisonne Enamel Dish, Chinese. Cloisonne is an ancient technique for decorating metalwork objects

Chinese Stoneware Figure of a Judge of Hell, Ming Period, 16th century. Diyu is the realm of the dead or hell in Chinese mythology, each of the Ten Courts of Hell is ruled by a judge

The Taoist Immortal, Zhang Guolao, Chinese Ivory, Ming Dynasty, 17th century. Zhang Guo, better known as Zhang Guolao, is a Chinese mythological figure

The Taoist Immortal, Han Xiangzi, Ming Dynasty, 17th century. Chinese mythological figure and one of the Eight Immortals in the Taoist pantheon, often depicted carrying a dizi (Chinese flute)

Attendant of Hsi Wang Mu and peaches of Immortal, Ivory Figure, Ming Dynasty. In Chinese mythology, Peaches of Immortality are consumed by the immortals due to their mystic virtue of conferring

Ivory Figure of Tien Kuan, Master of Heaven, Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644. Tian is one of the oldest Chinese terms for heaven and a key concept in Chinese mythology, philosophy, and religion

The Taoist Immortal, Chung Li Ch Uan, Chinese Ivory, Ming Dynasty, 17th century. Chung-Li Ch uan. revives the souls of the dead with a wave of his fan

Buddha, gilt-bronze, Ming Dynasty, 1396. British Museum

A Lohan (Disciple of Buddha), Chinese woodcarving, 14th century

The Bodhisattva, Manjusri, Gilt-Bronze, Yung-Lo Period, c1403-1424. Manjusri is a bodhisattva associated with prajna (insight) in Mahayana Buddhism. British Museum

Gilt Bronze Figure of a Dharmapala, Yuan Dynasty, 1279-1368. A dharmapala is a type of wrathful god in Buddhism. The name means Dharma protector or defender in Sanskrit

Chinese Horse from a Tomb, T Ang Dynasty, 7th-10th century. The Tang Dynasty is generally regarded as a high point in Chinese civilization, and a golden age of cosmopolitan culture

Chinese Tomb Figure of Horse and Rider, Tang Period, 8th century. The Tang Dynasty is generally regarded as a high point in Chinese civilization, and a golden age of cosmopolitan culture

Chinese Tomb Guardian, T ang Dynasty, 7th-10th century. The Tang Dynasty is generally regarded as a high point in Chinese civilization, and a golden age of cosmopolitan culture

Chinese Bronze Mirror, T ang Dynasty, 618-906. The Tang Dynasty is generally regarded as a high point in Chinese civilization, and a golden age of cosmopolitan culture

Chinese Bronze Finial in form of bird, Han Dynasty, 3rd century BC

Chinese Bronze Wrestlers, Late Zhou Dynasty, 4th century BC-3rd century BC. The Zhou dynasty lasted longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history

Gilded Bronze Harness Plaque of Two Animals Fighting, Ordos Region, c3rd century BC. Victoria and Albert Museum

Chinese Bronze Wine-Vessel or Tsun, in form of Short-Eared Owl, 11th century BC-10th century BC

Japenese Netsuke, The Two Heroes, Benkei and Yoshitune, 19th century. Musashibo Benkei (1155-1189), popularly called Benkei

Japanese Netsuke Horse

Japanese Netsuke of Two Shojo, Drunkards, Edo Period, 18th century. Artist: Gyoku-un
Japanese Netsuke of Two Shojo, Drunkards, Edo Period, 18th century. Signed Gyoku-Un

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