EditorialView of Indra Sabha, looking outward. The monolithic shrine, with a pyramidal superstructure topped by an octagonal roof, stands in the middle of the inner court of Indra Sabha cave. Beside it are a free-standing elephant and a column with Jain figures...
EditorialDas Avatara. This cave was started as a Buddhist monastery, but in the 8th century was converted into a Hindu sanctuary under the patronage of the Rashtrakuta king Dantidurga (c.730-55). It consists of an open court with a free-standing monolithic mand...
EditorialThe entrance of Indra Sabha. Indra Sabha is the largest of the Jain caves at Ellora and dates from the 9th century Rashtrakuta period. A simple gateway leads into an open court in the middle of which stands a monolithic temple with a pyramidal superstr...
EditorialView of Indra Sabha, looking outward. The monolithic shrine, with a pyramidal superstructure topped by an octagonal roof, stands in the middle of the inner court of Indra Sabha cave. Beside it are a free-standing elephant and a column with Jain figures...
EditorialBronze mirror with a support in the form of a draped woman, Classical, mid-5th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 12 5/8', Diameter 5 3/8', Bronzes, The ancient Greeks used mirrors that were held in the hand or stood independently. This free-standing exam...
EditorialBronze shaft-hole battle axe from tomb 13 decorated with free-standing ducks and snakes. Excavated 1955-60 at Shi-Chai-Shan, Yunnan, China. Western Han Dynasty (2nd or early 1st BCE). Height: 24 cm.
EditorialBronze mirror with a support in the form of a draped woman, Classical, mid-5th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 12 5/8', Diameter 5 3/8', Bronzes, The ancient Greeks used mirrors that were held in the hand or stood independently. This free-standing exam...
EditorialHanging bowl from the Sutton Hoo burial, Anglo-Saxon, late 6th-early 7th century. This once magnificent and highly valued bronze hanging bowl has elaborately ornamented and inlaid hook-mounts, with extra ornamental square mounts in between. Inside, uni...
EditorialBronze shaft-hole battle axe from tomb 13 decorated with free-standing ducks and snakes. Excavated 1955-60 at Shi-Chai-Shan, Yunnan, China. Western Han Dynasty (2nd or early 1st BCE). Height: 24 cm.