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A marble statue of a figure wearing a toga from the Scaenae frons of the Roman theatre of Tarragona. 1st century CE. (Archaeological Museum, Tarragona, spain)

Marble standing Buddha with pigments. 70 cm (height). Tang Dynasty, 600s-700s CE. Excavated from Liquan Monestery at Liquan County, Xianyang, 1987 CE. From the Xi'an Museum. (Photo taken at the Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Australia)

Terracotta tablet depicting the Buddha. 13.5 cm (height). Tang Dynasty, 618-907 CE. Transferred from the Xi'an Antiques Shop, 1979. From the Xi'an Museum. (Photo taken at the Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Australia)

Jade, gilded bronze and rock crystal jewellery piece. 56 cm (length). Tang Dynasty, 669 CE. Excavated from the tomb of Liu Zhi (civil official), and his consort. Northwest University, Chang'an District, Xi'an. Shaanxi Provincial Institute...

Stoneware double-fish flask with brown glaze. 25 cm (height). Tang Dynasty, 600s-700s CE. Xi'an Museum. (Photo taken at the Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Australia)

Fragmentary statue of Hermes carrying a ram on his shoulders (Kriophoros, the "ram-bearer"). Late Roman marble copy from the 1st century BCE of the Kriophoros of Kalamis (a 5th century BCE sculptor of ancient Greece), found near Rome. (Museo...

Fresco fragment depicting a hermaphrodite displaying both male and female anatomy, 2nd half of 3rd century CE, from Capua. (Museo Barracco, Rome)

Marble sculpture depicting Hermaphroditus, son of Hermes and Aphrodite who became a hermaphrodite after his union with the nymph Salmacis. Roman copy of the 2nd century CE after a Hellenistic original of the 2nd century BCE. (Louvre Lens...

The Tyche of Antioch, Roman copy after a Greek bronze original of the 3rd century BCE by the sculptor Eutychides of Sikyon. The city of Antioch on the Orontes is identified with Tyche, goddess of fortune and protector of the town. She is...

Marble statue of Bes with lion-like ears and mane, 1st century CE, from Rome. Bes was the ancient Egyptian god of childbirth, fertility, sexuality, humour, and war. (Museo Barracco, Rome)