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Except for those marked, the copyright of the pictures of cultural relics belong to Al Thani Collection.

Gold plate with carnelian and sardonyx, Central Asia, Mid 2nd millennium BCE.
From Museum in Tokyo, an exhibition “People, God, Nature – The Ancient World Talked about by the Masterpieces of The Al Thani Collection” >> https://lp.p.pia.j
Tokio National Museum about the exhibition >> https://www.tnm.jp


Alabaster funerary stela, gilded, decorated with garnet, agate, colored stones or glass, bronze. South Arabia, ca.100 CE. ©Al Thani Collection 2018

“Funerary stele. Cat. 10. South Arabia. 100 BC – 100 AD Alabaster, gold, banded agate, metal. H. 108 cm; L. 91 cm; D. 24 cm.
The exhibition catalog offers a comparison of this funerary stele with one of very similar construction in the British Museum in London. We notice that the London stele is devoid of its jewelry set.” Royal treasures from the Al Thani collection at Fontainebleau

https://www.hermitagemuseum.org


Gold rhyton with carnelian (only one gemstone survived) Ancient Anatolia, c. 2000–1500 BCE
Pictures from: https://tnm.jp and https://lp.p.pia.jp/

Scythian gold reindeer plaques, the headdress accessories, ca 400-300 BCE.
Photos from: https://www.facebook.com and http://zhuanlan.com


Gold and sardonyx pendants, Near East Parthian 100 BCE-100 CE
http://zhuanlan.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=2810

Small agate cup, Achaemenid Persia or Ancient Greek-Roman in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 4th-1st C BCE. https://lp.p.pia.jp

The Hercules Agate Vase
Sardonyx, Hellenistic East, ca. 150 CE https://www.tnm.jp

Silver vessel from Wadi Dura, Yemen, 270-285 CE http://zhuanlan.com

Hellenistic, northern Greece, ca 325-300 BCE Silver, gilded, height 9.1 x diameter 10.3 cm
https://gold-fish-press.com

Parthian rhyton, gilded silver, 100 BCE – 100 CE
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Bear, China, 206 BCE – 25 CE
© The Al Thani Collection 2018. Photograph taken by Todd – White Art Photography

Gold plaque with a horseman from Tibet, Yarlung Dynasty (600-800 CE)
Photos from: https://scribeaccroupi.fr and https://www.guide-joailliers.com

Cup, Iran, 1100-900 BCE
© The Al Thani Collection 2017. Photograph taken by Prudence Cuming Ltd

Mesopotamia Neo-Babylonian Nebgadnetzar II, circa 604-562 BCE. Silver, height 4.4 x diameter 26 cm https://gold-fish-press.com

West Asia Pre-Achaemenid Empire Persia Around 550 BCE
Silver, height 4.8 x diameter 35 cm https://gold-fish-press.com