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Lying camel with guide, China, Tang Dynasty, early 7th century CE. Made from stone with a white glaze. Exhibited at Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzerland.

A jar in the shape of a bear, Shaanxi / Henan Region, China. Western Han Dynasty, 2nd/1st century BCE. Exhibited in Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzerland.

Fudo Myoo, King of Mystic Knowledge, the Unbreakable, removes all spiritual fog on the way to salvation. He captures evil influences and sunders ignorance with his sword. Japan, Fujiwara Period, end of the 12th century CE.

Vessel from the Nazca Civilization. Peru, 2nd to 6th century CE. Fired clay. Exhibited at Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzerland.

A pottery jar with stylized landscape from Gansu or Qinhai Province, China. Produced by the Majiayao Culture, late 4th / early 3rd millennium BCE. Exhibited at Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzerland.

Portrait head of a Moche man. Peru, Moche Culture, 1st to 7th century CE. Fired clay. Exhibited at Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzerland.

Pottery vessel with linear whirl design from China, Gansu or Qinghai Province, Majiayao culture, late 4th / early 3rd millennium BCE. Exhibited at the Rietberg Museum, Zurich, Switzerland.

Wall painting in Herculaneum (Italy) depicting a wine selling advertisement and prices for the "Ad Cucumas" wine shop. The wall outside this ancient wine shop shows four jars (cucumae) of different colors and prices.

These two handaxes were made from flint by Homo erectus around 130,000 BCE. They were both found in Switzerland: The ochre one was found in Pratteln, Canton Basel-Land, while the white one was found in Schlieren, Canton Zurich. On display...

Pottery vessels from the Wari Civilization. Peru, 7th to 10th century CE. Fired clay. Exhibited at Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzerland.