Indus Valley fossilised shell bird

Bactrian fossilised shell bead of a female head

A very fine Indian four stringed lute known as a Tambura. These instruments are played as an accompaniment to vocalists or the more known Tabla or Sitar.

Bronze statuette of a warrior king holding weapons

Islamic brass bowl with benedictory writing, such a bowl used to cure illness by drinking from it.

Islamic brass bowl with benedictory writing, such a bowl used to cure illness by drinking from it.

Islamic bone hairpin, with linear motif.

Islamic bone hairpin with linear motif.

Islamic bone hairpin, with decorative terminal.

Islamic bone hairpin, with decorative terminal.

Carved bone figurine of a mother goddess.

Carved bone figurine of a mother goddess.

Ethiopian Islamic writing board from a madrasa, with script in black ink.

A Khmer bronze statuette of a female divinity, possibly Uma.

A Harappan steatite seal engraved with unicorn, ritual offering stand and row of signs from the Indus Valley script.

A Bactrian aragonite (fossilised shell) bead in the form of an animal