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Tree spirit (yakshi salabhanjika). Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2nd c AD (Kushan dynasty), reportedly from a Jain shrine. Mottled red sandstone. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from the Victoria and Albert Museum [6000×4000] [OC]

October 15, 2025

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oldspice75 on October 15, 2025 1:29 pm

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/767760

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O25075/shalabhanjika-figure-unknown/

Tree spirit (yakshi salabhanjika). Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2nd c AD (Kushan dynasty), reportedly from a Jain shrine. Mottled red sandstone. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from the Victoria and Albert Museum [6000×4000] [OC]

Sacrificial altar made of brick and stone probably somewhere in southeastern China, date unknown. Taken by Scottish photographer John Thomson in 1871. [2443×2050]

The Holy Face of Lucca, ancient wooden carving of Jesus crucified in the cathedral of San Martino, in Lucca, from 782 AD (1990×3537)

An 8th-century Quran manuscript being restored in Egypt. Considered one of the oldest surviving Quran manuscripts, it has 1087 leaves weighting around 80kg, each made of one entire animal’s skin. [1179×789]

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Tree spirit (yakshi salabhanjika). Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2nd c AD (Kushan dynasty), reportedly from a Jain shrine. Mottled red sandstone. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from the Victoria and Albert Museum [6000×4000] [OC]

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Sacrificial altar made of brick and stone probably somewhere in southeastern China, date unknown. Taken by Scottish photographer John Thomson in 1871. [2443×2050]

The Holy Face of Lucca, ancient wooden carving of Jesus crucified in the cathedral of San Martino, in Lucca, from 782 AD (1990×3537)

An 8th-century Quran manuscript being restored in Egypt. Considered one of the oldest surviving Quran manuscripts, it has 1087 leaves weighting around 80kg, each made of one entire animal’s skin. [1179×789]

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