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1 In Terracotta 6101 Indus Valley c.2500bc Pregnant goddess with animal head 9.5cm Delhi Nat Mus CAT2 Sc In Terracotta 6102 Indus Valley c.2500bc Male figure in yogic posture 5cm Delhi Nat Mus CAT3 Sc In Terracotta 6103 Indus Valley c.2500bc Climbing monkey Hand-molded 5.5cm Delhi Nat Mus CAT4 Sc In Terracotta 6104 Indus Valley c.2500bc Toy cart: two-wheeled Hand-molded 4.5cm Brooklyn Mus CAT7 Sc In Terracotta 6105 Swat Valley? 1stM.BC Female figure Hand-molded 23.5cm NY Met Mus CAT12 Sc In Terracotta 6106 Maurya c.250bc Head: smiling child Bihar Molded 12.5cm Patna Mus CAT14 Sc In Terracotta 6107 Maurya c bc Hand-molded horse18cm Patna Mus CAT15 Sc In Terracotta 6108 Maurya c bc

2 Seated ascetic Mathura region 8.2cm Coll: Schaffner CAT17 Sc In Terracotta 6109 Maurya c bc Seated ascetic Mathura region head Coll: Schaffner CAT17 Sc In Terracotta 6110 Maurya c bc Female figure Mathura region 17.8cm Coll: Schaffner CAT18

3 Sc In Terracotta 6111 Maurya c bc Head of an elephant Uttar Pradesh 29.7cm Brooklyn Mus CAT22 Sc In Terracotta 6112 Shunga c bc Shri Lakshmi plaque Kaushambi 13cm Allahabad Mus CAT23 Sc In Terracotta 6113 Shunga c bc Goddess with fan 18cm CAT25&26 fr same mold Mathura Mus (rt)cat25 Sc In Terracotta 6114 Shunga c bc Goddess w/fan molded Mathura region 18cm Coll: Ellsworth CAT26 Sc In Terracotta 6115 Shunga c bc Female and attendant Uttar Pradesh 15cm Brooklyn (Loan) CAT27 Sc In Terracotta 6116 Shunga c bc Female figure molded Dig(Rajasthan) 12.7cm Mathura Mus CAT28 Sc In Terracotta 6117 Shunga c bc Yakshi w/panchachuda West Bengal 9.5cm Calcutta U.Mus CAT31 Sc In Terracotta 6118

4 Late Shunga 1st C.BC Yakshi N or E India Molded plaque 11.5cm Cleveland Mus CAT33 ACSAA Sli Sc In Terracotta 6119 West Bengal 1st C.BC Enshrined goddess Molded plaque 13.3cm Calctta Arc Mus CAT35 Sc In Terracotta 6120 Eastern Ind 1st C.BC Dancer and musicians Molded plaque 12.7cm Coll: Eilenberg CAT36

5 Sc In Terracotta 6121 Shunga? 2C.BC-2C.AD Crouching demon dwarf N.Ind dbl-mold 10cm Cleveland Mus CAT38 Sc In Terracotta 6122 Shunga 1st C.BC Chaddanta Jataka Eastern Ind 8.7cm Calcutta U.Mus CAT40 Sc In Terracotta 6123 Shunga-Kushan 1C.BC- 1C.AD Toy cart from Chandraketugarh 17cm Calcutta U.Mus CAT41 Sc In Terracotta 6124 Shunga c.100bc Toy cart Kaushambi Multi-piece mold 10cm Coll: Eilenberg CAT43 Sc In Terracotta 6125 Shunga c.100bc Man seated in cart Mathura 8.8x8.8cm Mathura Mus CAT44 Sc In Terracotta 6126 Shunga-Kushan c.100bc -100AD Elephant with riders Dbl-mold 12cm Coll:Eilenberg CAT45 Sc In Terracotta 6127 Shunga-Kushan c.100bc -100AD Elephant with rider Dbl-mold back Coll:Eilenberg CAT45 Sc In Terracotta 6128

6 Satavahana 1st C.AD Dwarfish Yaksha Double-molded 11.5cm Private Coll. CAT48 Sc In Terracotta 6129 Satavahana 1st C.AD Dwarfish Yaksha Double-molded back Private Coll. CAT48 Sc In Terracotta 6130 Satavahana 1st C.AD Squatting Woman Double-molded 11.5cm Private Coll. CAT49

7 Sc In Terracotta 6131 Shunga c.1st C.BC Fertility Cult Figure Sar Dehri,Pak. 24.8cm London V&A Mus CAT50 Sc In Terracotta 6132 Shunga c.1st C.BC Fertility Cult Figure Applied ornaments det London V&A Mus CAT50 Sc In Terracotta 6133 Shunga c.1st C.BC Fetility Cult Figures Sar Dehri,Pak. back London V&A Mus CAT50 Sc In Terracotta 6134 Kushan 1st C.BC Female from Sirkap or Charsadda,Pak. 17.5cm Private Coll. CAT51 Sc In Terracotta 6135 Kushan c.1st C.AD Rattle(?) Kaushambi Double-molded 11.8cm Coll:Eilenberg CAT52 Sc In Terracotta 6136 Kushan c.1st C.AD Lion Kaushambi Dbl-molded plaque 9cm Private Coll. CAT53 Sc In Terracotta 6137 Kushan c.1st C.AD Nude goddess w/flower head. Jhusi UP. 12cm Allahabad Mus CAT55 Sc In Terracotta 6138

8 Kushan c.1st C.AD Kubera head Kaushambi Hand-modeled Allahabad Mus CAT58 Sc In Terracotta 6139 Kushan-Gupta 1-4C.AD Male torso Kaushambi hand-modeled Patna:Kanoria C.CAT59 Sc In Terracotta 6140 Kushan 2nd C.AD Durga w/buffalo Demon Mathura region 17cm Coll:Schaffner CAT61

9 Sc In Terracotta 6141 Kushan-Gupta 1-4C.AD Male head w/turban Kaushambi 12.5cm Allahabad Mus CAT62 Sc In Terracotta 6142 Kushan-Gupta 3-4C.AD Ascetics Relief tile Harwan,Kashmir 54.5cm London V&A Mus CAT64 Sc In Terracotta 6143 Kushan Gandhara 400AD Head of Youth Hand-modeled 28.3cm Coll:Eilenberg CAT66 Sc In Terracotta 6144 Kushan Gandhara 400AD Female head Hand-modeled 20.3cm NY Met.Mus CAT67 Sc In Terracotta 6145 Kushan Gandhara 400AD Male Head Hand-modeled 16.5cm Coll:Eilenberg CAT68 Sc In Terracotta 6146 Gupta Gandhara 6 C.AD Head:Youth TapaShotar Afghanistan 19.8cm Coll:Eilenberg CAT69 Sc In Terracotta 6147 Gupta Gandhara 6 C.AD Head:Youth TapaShotar Afghanistan 19.8cm Coll:Eilenberg CAT69 Sc In Terracotta 6148

10 Gupta Gandhara 6 C.AD Head:Youth TapaShotar Afghanistan 19.8cm Coll:Eilenberg CAT69 Sc In Terracotta 6149 Gupta 6th C.AD Female Head Akhnur Jammu 16.5cm Coll:P.Jayakar CAT70 Sc In Terracotta 6150 Late Gupta 7-8 C.AD Female Head Akhnur Jammu 15cm Coll:Eilenberg CAT71

11 Sc In Terracotta 6151 Late Gupta 7-8 C.AD Male Head w/mustache Akhnur,Jammu 18cm Coll:Eilenberg CAT72 Sc In Terracotta 6152 Shiva head Rajghat Hand-modeled 13.5cm Benares BHU Mus CAT76 Sc In Terracotta 6153 Shiva Ardhanarishvara Mathura plaque 18cm Mathura Mus CAT79 Sc In Terracotta 6154 Shalabhanjika Tree Goddess tile 22cm Lucknow Mus CAT80 Sc In Terracotta 6155 Male Figure Rajghat Molded plaque 10cm Benares BHU Mus CAT83 Sc In Terracotta Drummers Rajghat Molded Largest=5cm Benares Mus CAT86-88 Sc In Terracotta 6157 Vishnu Uttar Pradesh Molded plaque 28.5cm Coll:Eilenberg CAT90 Sc In Terracotta 6158

12 Vishnu Uttar Pradesh molded plaque det Coll:Eilenberg CAT90 Sc In Terracotta 6159 Narasimha Uttar Pradesh. Tile 43cm Coll:Pritzker CAT91 Sc In Terracotta 6160 Narasimha Uttar Pradesh. Tile Det Coll:Pritzker CAT91

13 Sc In Terracotta 6161 Vishnu Battles Demons Uttar Prad. tile 31cm Coll:Schaffner CAT92 Sc In Terracotta 6162 Rama and Lakshmana Uttar Prad. tile 42cm NY:Asia Society CAT94 Sc In Terracotta 6163 Charioteer Uttar Pradesh tile 32cm Coll:D. Wiener CAT96 Sc In Terracotta 6164 Uma-Maheshvara Uttar Pradesh tile 33cm Coll:Pritzker CAT97 Sc In Terracotta 6165 Uma-Maheshvara Uttar Pradesh Inscription Coll:Pritzker CAT97 Sc In Terracotta 6166 Seated Couple Ahichchattra? tile 30.7cm Coll:Ellsworth CAT98 Sc In Terracotta 6167 Seated Couple Ahichchattra? tile det Coll:Ellsworth CAT98 Sc In Terracotta 6168

14 Gupta Kumara 5th C.AD Uttar Pradesh plaque 43cm Brooklyn Mus CAT99 Sc In Terracotta 6169 Kumara Uttar Pradesh plaque 43cm Brooklyn Mus CAT99 Sc In Terracotta 6170 Balarama abducted by Pralamba tile 55.8cm Private Coll. CAT100

15 Sc In Terracotta 6171 Krishna holding mount U.Pradesh tile 35.5cm Coll:Pritzker CAT101 Sc In Terracotta 6172 Krishna holding mount U.Pradesh tile det Coll:Pritzker CAT101 Sc In Terracotta 6173 Ganga with Makara Uttar Pradesh 32.5cm Berlin Mus I.K.CAT103 Sc In Terracotta 6174 Ganga with Makara Uttar Pradesh 32.5cm Berlin Mus I.K.CAT103 Sc In Terracotta 6175 Lady with Lute Uttar Pradesh tile 33cm Coll:Benjamin CAT104 Sc In Terracotta 6176 Lady with Lute Uttar Pradesh...tile Head Coll:Benjamin CAT104 Sc In Terracotta 6177 Sportive Couple Ishafar,UP. 22.8cm Mathura Mus CAT105 Sc In Terracotta 6178

16 Bust in a niche Uttar Pradesh 24.2cm Col:Ellsworth CAT106 Sc In Terracotta 6179 Seated Princely Fig Mathura region 52cm Coll:Wolff CAT107 Sc In Terracotta 6180 Gupta 6th C.AD Four-armeGupta Four-armed ascetic 5th C.AD Shravasti,UP. 31.8cm Lucknow Mus CAT108

17 Sc In Terracotta 6181 Gupta 6th C.AD Four-armed Ganesha Uttar Prad. Tile 49cm Fort Worth Mus CAT110 Sc In Terracotta 6182 Gupta 6th C.AD Four-armed Ganesha Uttar Prad. Tile 49cm Fort Worth Mus CAT110 Sc In Terracotta 6183 Gupta 6th C.AD Head of Varahi Panna, W.Bengal 29cm Calcutta Arc M.CAT111 Sc In Terracotta 6184 Gupta 6th C.AD Head of Varahi Panna, W.Bengal 29cm Calcutta Arc M.CAT111 Sc In Terracotta 6185 Pala 8th C.AD Mithuna.Mahasthangarh Bangladesh 34.5cm Calcutta Ind M.CAT113 Sc In Terracotta 6186 Pala 8th C.AD Mithuna.Mahasthangarh Bangladesh Tile Det Calcutta Ind M.CAT113 Sc In Terracotta 6187 Pala 8th C.AD Mendicant Paharpur Bangladesh 34.9cm Calcutta Ind M.CAT114 Sc In Terracotta 6188

18 Pala 8th C.AD Star-shaped Plaque Antichak,Bihar 28.5cm Patna, ASI CAT117 Sc In Terracotta 6189 Pala 8-9th C.AD Mandala Plaque from N. India 12.1cm NY Met Mus CAT118 Sc In Terracotta 6190 Pala 8-9th C.AD Mandala Plaque from N. India Det NY Met Mus CAT118

19 Sc In Terracotta 6191 Pala 8-9th C.AD Seated Tara Plaque Easten India 7cm Brooklyn Mus CAT119 Sc In Terracotta 6192 Pala 8-9th C.AD Standing bodhisattva Eastern India 10cm Brooklyn Mus CAT121 Sc In Terracotta 6193 Medieval 17th C.AD Ravana on his chariot West Bengal tile 22cm London V&A Mus CAT123 Sc In Terracotta 6194 Medieval 18th C.AD Ship and Sailors 24 Parganas tile 35cm Calcutta U.Mus CAT124 Sc In Terracotta 6195 Medieval 19th C.AD Three Figures on boat Janardanpur 27.5cm Calcutta U.Mus CAT125 Sc In Terracotta 6196 Medieval c.1800ad Hariti and child Chandraketugarh? 10cm Coll:Schaffner CAT127 Sc In Terracotta 6197 Folk 19th C.AD Ayyanar Sittanavasal Hand-modeled 83.8cm Private Coll. CAT129 Sc In Terracotta 6198

20 Shunga c.1st C.BC Mold w/new impression Female.Kaushambi 15cm Coll:Eilenberg CAT136 Sc In Terracotta 6199 Kushan 1-3 C.AD Lion:Mold & new Impr. North India 7cm Coll:Eilenberg CAT138 Sc In Terracotta 6200 Gupta-Gandhara 6-7CAD Seated Buddha:Mold w/ new impression 12.2cm Coll:Eilenberg CAT143

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