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Two temple guardians
anonymous, c. 1300 - c. 1400, sculpture, AK-RAK-2007-1-B
These guards stand at the entrance to a temple to ward off evil. They are holding a vajra, with which to crush ignorance. Their open and shut mouths represent the first and last letters of the Japanese script: A and N: this symbolises the totality of sounds and letters, of knowledge. Worshippers who…
On display in Asian pavilion, room 2
Dirck Hartogh dish
anonymous, 1600 - 1616, NG-NM-825
On display in room 2.9
Makara
anonymous, c. 800 - c. 900, sculpture, AK-MAK-247
On display in Asian pavilion, room 1
The Buddha Amida
anonymous, c. 1125 - c. 1175, sculpture, AK-MAK-294
On display in Asian pavilion, room 2
Tympanum of Egmond Abbey
anonymous, in or after 1121 - in or before 1130, relief (sculpture), BK-NM-1914
On display in room 0.1
Balpoottafel, ingelegd met ebben-…
anonymous, c. 1620 - c. 1650, furniture, BK-NM-14382
Nandishvara
anonymous, c. 800 - c. 900, sculpture, AK-MAK-232-A
On display in Asian pavilion, room 1
Applique
anonymous, c. -600 - c. -100, AK-MAK-1318
Child’s cot
anonymous, c. 1620 - c. 1650, furniture, BK-KOG-1810
On display in room 2.4