Mike Dixon Collection (page 8)

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

Japanese Warrior, Haniwa Tomb Figure, c300-550

Japanese Haniwa figure of Shamaness Tomb-figure, 5th-6th century

Japanese Haniwa Tomb Figure of Horse, c300-550

Chinese carving, Mountain with Daoist Immortals examing Ying Yang Diagram, 18th century. Quing Dynasty made of Bamboo root

Chinese Acupuncture Chart, Front View

Chinese Acupuncture Chart

Taoist Hermit, Chinese folk art, c1800. Made of wood

Chinese Bronze, A Taoist Emperor

Chinese Pottery Ridge Tile figure of Buddhas disciple, Ming Dynasty. 16-17th century. Glazed in turquoise, cream and brown. British Museum

Chinese Jade, Representation of Taoist Sacred Mountain with Hermits Hut, c1636-1912. Symbolised the retreat aspect of Taoism. Chi ing Dynasty

Chinese Jade Lion, symbolises energy for Taoists

The Chinese Star-god of Longevity. Shou-lao. Shou Lao is the three Daoist Gods of Fu (Good fortune) Lu (Prosperity) Shou (Longevity), who usually has a very prominent forehead

Chinese Bronze Cosmic Mirror, 2nd-3rd century. Taoist Symbolism; Centre shows 4 animals of Direction, then 12 Calendric animals of the Zodiac, then 28 Constellations and a Taoist inscription

Chinese Pottery Model of Pigs in a Pigsty, 1st-3rd century. Glazed with Lead and Copper Oxide, Eastern Han, Zhujuan, Chou Kuan

Taoist Symbol in arrow shape, with trigrams of the I-Ching, Han Dynasty, 206 BC-220. The PI (heaven) and Tsung (Earth) with trigrams from the Book of Changes

Chinese Bronze Ritual Wine Vessel, late Shang Dynasty 12th-11th century BC. Spouted ritual wine vessel (guang). The Shang dynasty is the earliest dynasty of traditional Chinese history supported by

Reconstructed Skull of Cromagnon Man, c20th century. Cro-Magnon is a common name used to describe the first early modern humans (early Homo sapiens sapiens)

Peking Man, Reconstruction of Head from fossil evidence, c20th century. Peking man, extinct hominin of the species Homo erectus, known from fossils found at Zhoukoudian near Beijing

Chinese Jade Face, Neolithic period, c2500 BC

Mask from Java, Indonesia. Much of Indonesian history took place on Java. It was the center of powerful Hindu-Buddhist empires, the Islamic sultanates, and the core of the colonial Dutch East Indies

Mask from Java of Man with Gold Teeth. Much of Indonesian history took place on Java. It was the center of powerful Hindu-Buddhist empires, the Islamic sultanates

Mask from Java. Much of Indonesian history took place on Java. It was the center of powerful Hindu-Buddhist empires, the Islamic sultanates, and the core of the colonial Dutch East Indies

Bukhara, The Kalian Mosque built 15-16th Cnt + Minarfj (1127) Artists: CM Dixon, Unknown
The Kalyan Mosque was completed circa 1514, Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Mongol Saddle Rug, 15th-16th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Glazed brick tiling in Shah-i-Zinda Complex, Samarkand, 14th-15th century. Artists: CM Dixon, Unknown
Glazed brick tiling in Shah-i-Zinda Complex, Samarkand, 14th-15th century. This was the burial place of most of the Timurid princes

Detail of Tomb in Shah-i-Zinda Complex, Samarkand, 15th century. Artists: CM Dixon, Unknown
Detail of Tomb in Shah-i-Zinda Complex, Samarkand, 15th century. Glazed-brick decoration (Timurid Dynasty). Shah-i-Zinda is a necropolis in the north-eastern part of Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Decoration on a Tomb built 1372, Shah-i-Zinda Complex, Samarkand, (c20th century). Artists: CM Dixon, Unknown
Decoration on a Tomb built 1372, Shah-i-Zinda Complex, Samarkand, (c20th century). Glazed-brick decoration (Timurid Dynasty)

Domes of Mausoleum, Shah-i-Zinda Complex, Samarkand, 14th-15th century, (c20th century). Artists: CM Dixon, Unknown
Domes of Mausoleum, Shah-i-Zinda Complex, Samarkand, 14th-15th century, (c20th century). Glazed-brick decoration (Timurid Dynasty)

Timurs Tomb, (Tamberlaine), Gur-e-Amir Mausoleum, Samarkand, c20th century. Artists: CM Dixon, Unknown
Timurs Tomb, (Tamberlaine), Gur-e-Amir Mausoleum, Samarkand, c20th century. Timur (1336-1405), historically known as Amir Timur and Tamerlane was a Turco-Mongol conqueror

Tomb of Ulug-Beg in Mausoleum of Gur-e-Amir (built 1404), Samarkand, c20th century. Ulugh Beg (1394-1449), was notable for his work in astronomy-related mathematics

Hieroglyphs from wooden Mummy case of Pensenhor, from Thebes, c900 BC. Coffin of Pensenhor, 22nd Dynasty, Thebes, Egypt. At British Museum

Anubis weighing the heart, detail from Sarcophagus of Pensenhor, c900 BC. Coffin of Pensenhor, 22nd Dynasty, Thebes, Egypt. At British Museum

Thoth, Ibis-headed god leads the deceased to the Underworld, Mummy-case of Pensenhor, c900BC. Coffin of Pensenhor, 22nd Dynasty, Thebes, Egypt. At British Museum

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping