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Ancient Asian Sculptures

Stone carvings and sculptures from significant Asian temples, illustrating rich cultural and religious heritage in Cambodia and India.

Maya, Copan, Honduras, Corn God

Ahu Akivi, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Easter Island Rapa Nui, Chile, South America

Asia, Cambodia, Siem Reap. Angkor Thom, Enigmatic heads of the Bayon.

Ajanta Caves, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xHemantxPatil/DinodiaxPhotox

Temple Bayon, Angkor Thom, Cambodia

CANECILLO. Location: ERMITA DE SAN JULIAN. Zalduendo. ALAVA. SPAIN.

Buddhist Temple Sculpture, Puri, IndiaAsian ArtJagannath Temple, Puri, India

Casting of Buddha image in Thonburi, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Maya, Copan, Honduras, Corn God

The face of Buddha emerging from the ashes, bronze casting, Mandalay, Myanmar Burma, Asia

The Buddha of Grabi, the most notable image of Srivijaya period, found at Wat Wieng, Chaiya, Bangkok National Museum, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asi...

Detail of Naga snakes, Prasat Hin Khao Phanom Rung, Khmer Temple in Buriram province, Thailand, Asia

Wat Visounnarath buddhist temple. Buddha Shakyamuni. Giant golden statue. Luang Prabang. Laos.

Annunciation to the Virgin Mary, San Pedro el Viejo Monastery, Huesca, Aragon community, Spain.

Egypt. Man carrying grain. Wooden statuettes located within rich tombs.The State Hermitage Museum. St. Petersburg. Russia.

Africa, Egypt, Edfu, Temple of Horus, Stone statue of Horus as a crowned flacon or hawk headed god

Head of Buddha. Gupta dynasty (320-600 A.D). Sandstone carving from northern India, Mathura (city) Uttar Pradesh

Stone Buddha Sculpture

Murugan the Hindu God of war and victory. Massive statue at Batu Caves. Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia.

Mask, Cape Town, South Africa

trifont image, Romanesque church of San Martin de Tours of Artaiz, Unciti valley, Artaiz, Navarra, Spain

Wat Visounnarath buddhist temple. Wooden Buddha ( calling for the rain position ). 17 th - 18 th century. Wood, lacquer, gold leaf. Luang Prabang. Laos.

Yungang Buddhist Caves, Shanxi Province, China, Asia,

Female Head, 5th century, H.10-3/4 x W.6-3/4 in., Sikri sandstone, India, 5th century, This fifth century stone fragment of a head from what was probably a devi or goddess illustrates the use of jewelry in ancient India. The large earrings and hair piece indicated here represent the type of gold or silver personal ornaments worn by the upper class.

siddharta in the temple bangkok asia thailand abstract cross step wat palaces

Japan, Kyoto, Buddha image, stone carving, old

the Wat Si Chum Temple at the Historical Park in Sukothai in the Provinz Sukhothai in the north of Bangkok in Thailand, Southeastasia.

A headless statue at Luxor Temple, abstract, Luxor, Egypt

Africa, Mali, tribal art, Dogon statue

THAILAND RAYONG WAT PA PRADU reclining Buddha at the Wat Pa Pradu in Rayong City in the Province of Rayong in Thailand, Thailand, Rayong, October, 25, 2024 Copyright: xZoonar.com/URSx 23084445

relaxed face fifty-one meter tall Buddha pharmacist, underground palace, Oriental Buddha Park, Leshan city, Sichuan, China, Asia.

Wat Visounnarath buddhist temple. Buddha Shakyamuni. Giant golden statue. Luang Prabang. Laos.

Gothic sculpture of an bishop, from San Pedro de la Rua, Estella, Museum of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra,Spain.

Head encarved in stone Bayon temple Angkor. Head encarved in stone Bayon temple Angkor Wat Cambodia

Arizona, Tucson. Historic Moorish, Byzantine and Mexican style Franciscan mission San Xavier del Bac. Exterior detail of statue. (Large format sizes available)

Anonymous / "Christ of Mig Aran", 13th century, Sculpture (polychrome wood), 65 x 40 cm, Church of San Miguel de Viella, Viella Mitg Aran, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.

Dartmouth, Devon, UK - January 17. View of St Saviours Church door in Dartmouth, Devon on January 17, 2024 Dartmouth, Devon, UK - January 17. View of St Saviours Church door in Dartmouth, Devon on January 17, 2024 Copyright: xZoonar.com/PhilxBirdx 21228767

Petra cemetery, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

CHINA, GANSU PROVINCE, NEAR LANSHOU, YELLOW RIVER, BILINGSI BUDDHIST CAVES, 90 FOOT BUDDHA

Statues of Buddha carved in rocks, Gal Vihara, Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka

Tribuna de la Abadía de Saint-Michel de Cuxa, Francia, siglo XII.

Rostro enigmatico.Iglesia romanica de Sant LlorenÇ dOix(s.X) Oix.Garrotxa.Cordillera Pirenaica.Girona. España.

Statues in black and white marble Jain teerathnkar in meditation padmasan yogic posture dhyan 2000 years old ancient monument in Adinath Jain Temple Village Dilwara Udaipur Rajasthan India Copyright: xRavixShekhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Stone Face at Bayon Temple, Angkor, Cambodia, Southeast Asia

God of the bheel tribe stone statue made to get relief from hunted soul of the dead ones Bheel basti Village Dilwara Udaipur Rajasthan India Copyright: xRavixShekhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Campos cemetery, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Asia, Thailand, Siam, Buddha at Ayutthaya

Stone Buddha Sculpture

Statue of priest Henat wearing Persian robe, holding tabernacle depicting facade of temple of goddess Neith at Sais

Buddhist statues at Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom, UNESCO World Heritage site.

Buddha statue, Vatadage, Sacred Quadrangle, Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka, Asia

sculpture in temple bali indonesia religious sculpture in temple bali indonesia Copyright: xZoonar.com/JACKxMALIPANxPHOTOGRAPHYx 3694662

Romanesque Mother of God with child, incision, St., Saint, Saint

Buddha, Bayon temple

Angkor thom Angkor thom,the most famous religious site in Cambodia Copyright: xZoonar.com/MassimoxLamax 7345725

Statue in the Luxor temple in the evening

Mask of Bhairava. A destructive manifestation of Shiva. This Hindu deity was adopted by Tantric Buddhism of Tibet known as Vajrabhairava. 16th-17th century sculpture, copper encrusted, gilded and hammered

replica statue of Egyption God Anubis. Tutankhumen’s tomb

A carved stone Buddha, Longmen Grottoes and Caves, Luoyang, Henan Province, China

Double statue of Amenemhat as Nile god from Tanis

Stele. 8th BCE. Shamsh-res-usur, governor of Mari and Suhi attitude of prayer in front of the gods. Iraq.

Daibutsu, the famous Great Buddha bronze statue in Kamakura, Kotokuin Temple in Japan.

Buddha statue in cave temple hinyana pandav caves first century BC to second century AD Satavahana Nasik Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Close-up of a human face carved on a wall, Temple of the Masks, Kohunlich, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Temple Statue; Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

Sculpture at Shrinath Mhaskoba Temple, Kodit, Sasvad, Maharashtra, India.

Eighteen meter high statue of bhagwan saint gomateshwara bahubali during mahamasthakabhisheka Jain festival Shravanabelagola in Karnataka India February-2006 Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

Buddha face gold statue close-up. Buddha face gold statue close-up in temple bagan myanmar

Christ of Mijaran (Christ of Mig Aran). 13th century. Detail. Romanesque. Anonymous, attributed to Erill's workshop. Carving in wood with remains of polychromy, was part of a Descent from the Church of Santa Maria of Viella. Church of Sant Miquel (Saint Michael). Viella, province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.

The Mae Had Valley lies in the northern part of the greater Chiang Mai Valley. The small Mae Had River runs through the valley. The people of the Mae Had Valley are overwhelmingly Khon Muang. Their whole lifestyle is a celebration of flatland, wet-rice paddy culture. Their attitudes are conservative, restrained, old-world.

Candi Sewu, part of Prambanan, a 9th-century Hindu temple compound. Stone guardian statue. Java. Indonesia.

Detail of carving, base of a large cedar wood totem pole depicting a legend of a Coast Salish. Child peeping out from the inside of a clam on display at the Hilbub Cultural Center and Museum located on the Tulalip Reservation in Marysville, WA

Statue in the ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple at night, Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

SEPULCRO DE PAY GOMEZ DE SOTOMAYOR. Location: CONVENTO DE SANTO DOMINGO / MUSEO LAPIDARIO. Pontevedra. SPANIEN. PAYOGOMEZ DE SOTOMAYOR-MARISCAL DE CASTILLA.

Congolese mask in Bukavu, DRC

Ekpo-Maske zum Gedenken an Verstorbene und für agrarische Zeremonien Ekpo mask for commemorating the deceased and for agrarian ceremonies, Ogoni, Nigeria, 19th century, carved wood and fibers, MEB, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 23171495

Gold leaf hand of a Buddha statue, Wat Si Chum, Sukhothai Historical Park, Sukhothai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Mayan, ceramic figure, representing a male Shaman or priest. From Jaina, Campeche, Mexico 600-900 AD

Angel figure on a grave angel figure on a grave copyright: xzoonar.com/martinaxbergx 7780516

Thailand, Sukhothai. Buddhas statue at Old Sukhothai (13th c.) Thailand's first capital

The Mummy of Rameses II Egypt 1213 BC

Thailand, North, Sukhothai, Wat Si Chum. Detail of hand of massive seated Buddha figure scattered with pieces of gold leaf by worshippers.

The 'Drosten' Stone, Pictish Cross-Slab from St. Vigeans, c850. Artist: Unknown.

MENSULAS DECORADAS CON FIGURAS HUMANAS MOSTRANDO SUS GENITALES - SIGLO XII - ROMANICO ESPAÑOL. Location: IGLESIA DE SAN PEDRO DE TEJADA. PUENTE ARENAS. BURGOS. SPAIN.

Africa, Egypt, Cairo. Khan el-Khalili Bazaar

Old cemetery in Detmold

Moais at Ahu Tongariki (Easter island, Chile)

Part of procession of elephants from the Jataka stories of Buddhism, cave painting, Ajanta, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Maharashtra, India, Asia

Mexico.Mexico city.National Museum of Antropology.Maya culture.Funerary Mask of jade and funerary offerings of Pakal King of Palenque in Chiapas.

South America, Chile, Valparaiso. Wooden carving of Jesus in the Valparaiso Cathedral. (UNESCO World Heritage Site)

Diorite statue of god Amon protecting Tutankhamen, Egyptian civilization, New Kingdom. 1347 B.C.

Sanctuary of Ayia Irini (1200-1st century BC). Cyprus. Statues and terracotta figurines found around the altar. Detail. Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities. Stockholm. Sweden.

Statue at Sanchi Stupa, Madhya Pradesh, India Copyright: xMxAcharya/DinodiaxPhotox

Japan, Kamakura City, Daibutsu Buddha, Great Buddha

Stone Head At Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Guardian temple deity outside virupaksha temple, Hampi, Karnataka Guardian temple deity outside virupaksha temple, Hampi, Karnataka Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 22207568

Myanmar (Burma), Bagan, Htilominio Pahto, Sitting Buddha

Alter Friedhof in Detmold Alter Friedhof in Detmold Copyright: xZoonar.com/MartinaxBergx 6831279

Gotisches Taufbecken Gothic baptismal font, Cathedral of Santa Maria de Calahorra, Calahorra, La Rioja , Spain, Europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 22946231

Wat Pho Maen Khunaram is a Mahayana Buddhist temple built in 1959. It mixes Thai, Chinese and Tibetan architectural styles.

Jewels and pendant from the Akan Culture. The Akan Culture includes the Asante and Fante people in Ghana or Baule, Agni and Lagoon in Ivory Coast.

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