Ancient Sculptural Art

Carved reliefs and sculptures showcasing deities and mythological figures from Asian art traditions, highlighting intricate detailing and cultural beliefs.

Detail of a lintel in the Phimai National Museum, Phimai, Korat, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Isan, Isaan, Thailand, Asia

Bas-relief 'Renunciation of Prince Siddharta' (Cambodian terracotta), Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum, Chinatown, Singapore, Asia

Shiva and Parvati over Nandi. Detail, 12th Century. Carved sandstone sculpture from Rajasthan. Indian Art.

Bas-relief of Apsaras (dancing girls) in Khmer tem Bayon, Angkor Thom, Siem Riep, Cambodia

Bas-relief depicting a woman with a triangular Bayon-style headdress, decoration on the Terrace of the Leper King, north of the Elephant Terrace, Angkor Thom, Angkor, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Erotic reliefs, Kandariya Mahadev temple, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia

Bas reliefs on the ceiling, Badami Cave Temples in Badami in Karnataka, South India, India, Asia

Stone carving bas relief sculpture of woman on Adinath Temple, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia

Höhle 16 : Kailasa-Hof, Ostgalerie: Siva wird von Parvati aus dem Lotusteich gerettet Ellora-Höhlen, Aurangabad, Indien Cave 16 : Kailasa Courtyard, East Gallery Siva rescued from lotus pond by Parvati Ellora Caves, Aurangabad, India Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 22412297

Detail of a lintel in the Phimai National Museum, Phimai, Korat, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Isan, Isaan, Thailand, Asia

Nayika-Vipralabdha Rani ki vav step well stone carving Patan Gujarat India Copyright: xHemantxPatil/DinodiaxPhotox

Asia, Cambodia, bas relief sculpture of dancers

Ajanta caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Maharashtra, India. Cave n°4 reliefs

Statue carved on the wall of a temple, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India

Borobudur, 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple. UNESCO World Heritage. Bas-relief dispicting the life of Buddha. Java. Indonesia.

Stone carving bas relief sculptures on Adinath Jain Temple, famous indian tourist site Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India. Sculptures on Adinath Jain Temple, Khajuraho

Ajanta caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Maharashtra, India. Reliefs in cave n°26

Ajanta caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Maharashtra, India. Cave n°26 sculptures

India, Andhra Pradesh, Lepakshi, Veerabhadra Temple, Sculpture in column, Veerabhadra Temple is famous for its artistic temples, which date back to the 16th century

Bas-relief, Angkor Wat (12th century Khmer temple), Angkor World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Sura Sundari applying lac dye to her foot statue on Parasvanath temple, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India Copyright: xNitinxKelvalkar/DinodiaxPhotox

Siva and Parvathi sculpture UNESCO World Heritage Site Pattadakal temple eight century Karnataka India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Ruined sculptures, Chaturbhuja temple, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia Copyright: xSunilxKapadia/DinodiaxPhotox

Asia, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Centre region, Da Nang Museum of Cham art and sculpture, close-up on an altar frieze

West façade, spandrel with Adam and Eve, St., Sankt, Saint

Detalle del pórtico del Monasterio de Santa María de Ripoll, monasterio benedictino fundado hacia el año 880 por el conde Wifredo el Velloso.

Close-up of relief carving, Puthia Temple Complex, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh

Famous stone carving sculptures, Vishvanath Temple, Khajuraho, India. Unesco World Heritage Site

Shiva Ardhanarishvara is half-man and half-woman sculpture Pattadakal temple eight century Karnataka Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Sandstone relief at the north gate, Prasat, Phimai Historical Park, Korat, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Isan, Isaan, Thailand, Asia

Canada, Nova Scotia, Peggy's Cove. Fisherman's Monument - rock carving by William DeGarthe. Peggy of Peggy's Cove.

Italy, Sicily, Syracuse, Winged gorgon running, terracotta

relief at the ancient temple ruins of Angkor Wat in Cambodia

standing coitus sculpture khajuraho madhya pradesh India Asia Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Couple and elephants head carved in stone on wall of Karla rock cut cave in hills of Lonavala, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

ESCULTURA OLMECA. Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGIA. MEXICO CITY. CIUDAD DE MEXICO.

Yogi. 10th c. Hindu art. Sculpture on rock. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Guimet Museum.

Indonesia, Java, Ancient Borobudur Buddhist Temple, Bass Reliefs Found Throughout Temple

old bas-relief on the wall. Thailand

Bas-relief of episode from Mahabarata, in Khmer Hindu temple, Banteay Srei, Angkor, Siem Riep, Cambodia

Statue, dancer of the Hindu apsara, Cham Museum, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia

Schist sculpture of a four-faced linga 800 A.D.India

Cambodia, Angkor, Angkor Thom, Intricate bas_reliefs in the Bayon.

Bas relief. Chittaurgarh Citadel. 6th century. Rajasthan. India.

Ancient stone carvings on a wall at Angkor Wat in Cambodia depict four women standing together. They are attired similarly but are wearing fancy hats.

Capitals from the Camarasa pillar. Detail depicting the Original Sin. Last quarter of 12th century. Anonymous. From the Church of Saint Michael (San Miquel) of Camarasa, Lleida province. National Art Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.

Bas-relief at the Terrace of the Leper King, Elephant Terrace, Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Asia

Sculpture on the wall of wat Phra Keo in Vientiane, Laos

Relieve erotico en el templo de Devi Jagadambi(s.X). Khajuraho.Madhya Pradesh. India. Asia.

. This female figure has raised her flywhisk to brush away the little monkey tugging at her clinging lower garment. The imprints of fingernails on her cheek and shoulder betray the fact that she has just been with her lover. The temples of Khajuraho are entirely covered with erotic sculptures. This heavenly beauty (apsara), from the Lakshmana temple, was attached to the top of a pillar in the temple hall.

Elephanta caves, Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia Copyright: xAspixPatel/DinodiaxPhotox

Sculpture depicting Harihara, Vishnu and Shiva combined, from the Chandella Dynasty. Dated 11th Century

Horse-Headed Yogini Hayagriva Seated Holding a Child 1001-1100 India. Beige sandstone .

Erotic images on the exterior of the kandariya, Mahadeva Temple walls of Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia

Virupaksa temple, Pattadakal, Karnataka,India

Four-Armed Seated God Ganesha. Pakistan or Afghanistan. Date: 601 AD-800 AD. Dimensions: 22.6 × 15.3 × 3.9 cm (8 7/8 × 6 × 1 1/2 in.). Marble with traces of pigment. Origin: Afghanistan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Banteay Srei Relief am Eingangstor zur Tempelanlage Banteay Srei in Kambodscha Copyright: xZoonar.com/AndreasxEdelmannx 21580792

Dancing Apsaras, bas-relief on a lintel in front of the south gallery, Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Asia

asian art, close-up of exotic golden sculpture

8th - 10th century AD; Erotic sculpted reliefs from the Khajuraho Group of Monuments (a group of Hindu and Jain temples) in Madhya Pradesh, Indi

Relief, Banteay Srei Temple, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Asia

CAMBODIA, ANGKOR, ANGKOR WAT, CENTRAL STRUCTURE, GALLERY, BAS-RELIEF CARVING OF APSARA

capital, used as a ceremonial mortar, carved stone, 12th century, from the cathedral of San Pedro de Jaca, Diocesan Museum of Jaca, Huesca, Spain.

Sandstone tempel Rani ki Vav. Waterstorage (Step Well) in Patan, Gujarat, India, Asia

Vietnam, Da Nang. Cham Museum, the finest collection of Cham cultural art in the world. Ancient historic sandstone carving dating back to late 9th-10th century.

Sculpture on pillar of Hajara Rama temple, Hampi Vijayanagar ruins, Karnataka, India Copyright: xJagannathxRaul/DinodiaxPhotox

Goddess Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon (Mahishasuramardini). India; Uttar Pradesh. Date: 401 AD-600 AD. Dimensions: 61.3 x 32.9 x 13.8 cm (24 1/8 x 12 15/16 x 5 7/16 in.). Red sandstone. Origin: Uttar Pradesh. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Statue in Phoenician style - Cesnola Collection , Antiquities, Sculpture. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Prambanan 9th century Hindu temple. Detail of bas-relief carving on wall. Java. Indonesia.

Chalky alabaster statue of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, from Khorsabad, Iraq

St Michael Abbey - Sacra di San Michele - Italy. Gargoyle monster sculpture, 11th Century

Bone from the figure Bacchus; Roccatagliata, Nicolo; early XVII century (1600-00-00-1610-00-00);

Mukteshwara temple, rowing statue, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India Copyright: xRxModi/DinodiaxPhotox

Varaha panel from Ravana ka khai

Brahma, late 900s-1000s. South India, Tamil Nadu, Chola dynasty, late 10th - early 11th century. Granite; overall: 162.6 x 48 cm (64 x 18 7/8 in.).

Greek bronze of one of the Eumenides. Artist: Unknown

Mother Goddess and Child. India, Rajasthan, Tanesar-Mahadeva, circa 500-550. Sculpture. Foliated dark green schist

6th century AD statue reliefs depicting dwarfs. Sri Lanka

Relief of a godlike Apsara, Ta Prohm tempel, Angkor, Cambodia, Asia

Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Polonnaruwa Gal Vihāra Unpublished image 1. Swaan, Wim. 1966 or earlier Photographic production materials for Lost Cities of Asia: Ceylon, Pagan, Angkor Photographs of architecture were selected and digitized from these materials. Portraits, ethnographic images, and images of museum objects were excluded. Digital images are arranged geographically, first by country, then by city, then by site complex or monument, with all names in alphabetical order. Location names are derived from the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)®, Library of Congress subject headings, and scholarly publications. Published images are followed by unpublished images. Versos of prints and slide mounts were not digitized. The information in any handwritten identifications found on these surfaces was incorporated into the metadata for individual images. All digital images are cropped to the edge of the frame and are not color-corrected. Photographic production materials for Lost Cities of As

Varaha Relief in Cave No. 6, Mahabalipuram, in India- Pallava Art

Sita as Goddess. India, Tamil Nadu, circa 1100. Sculpture. Granulite

Shiv 10th century AD Kalchurian period Shaiv Cult found at Doni Damoh, Madhya Pradesh, India Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Erotic reliefs, Kandariya Mahadev temple, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia

Victoria and Albert Museum in central London in the United Kingdom.

Bali MARCH 2024 - A bas relief Sculpture of Balinese life moments on a wall, Bali, Indonesia

. The makara is a mythical creature associated with water. In Central Java, they often stood guard at temple entrances. This example has the muzzle of a dragon, the trunk of an elephant and the horns of a ram. Seated on the tongue of its wide-open mouth is a lion.

Erotic sculptures on the exterior wall of the Kandariya Mahadev Jian Temple complex in the town of Khajuraho in the Madhya Pradesh region of India.

Bali MARCH 2024 - A bas relief Sculpture of Balinese life moments on a wall, Bali, Indonesia

Erotic images on the exterior of the Lakshmana Temple, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia

Figurka Bodhisattwa Padmapani unknown

View of an ancient rock carving depicting a figure with flowing lines and weathered textures evoking a sense of history and mystery, Skardu, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan.

Tile with Animal-Headed Demons. Burma (Myanmar), Pegu, 1479. Architecture; Architectural Elements. Earthenware with partial green glaze

Siem Reap, Cambodia, stone reliefs depicting a Devata, a female spirit guardian of Hindu and Buddhist mythology on the walls along the Terrace of the Leper King

BAS relief at Bayon temple

Erotic Sculpture, Khajuraho, India. c950-1050. (20th century). The artist is unknown.

terracotta art of bengal lord balaji India Copyright: xDebasishxBanerjee/DinodiaxPhotox

"Le Commerce", Sculpture by Sébastien Delarue, Decoration of the Louvre, Paris. Édouard Baldus (French, born Germany, 1813 - 1889)

Relief plate from the silver cauldron of Gundestrup, 1st. Century AD, Artist Unknown , Metal relief, Found in the moors near Gundestrup, Jutland, National Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark ,

Statuette of Surya 6th-7th century India (Jammu & Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir). Statuette of Surya. India (Jammu & Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir). 6th-7th century. Stone. Sculpture

Bas Relief. Jain Temple. Golden Sandstone Fort. Jaisalmer Fort. 10th Century. Jaisalmer. World Heritage Site. Rajasthan. India.

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