Substrate

A working library of design, type, and visual culture.

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Photography: Giles Duley profiles Syrian refugees in a simple, heartbreaking way

Graphic designer Bardhi Haliti on the design scene in Kosovo

The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City

Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes

Short film studies self expression via fashion and cross-dressing in Pakistan

Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling

Giles Duley's unseen photos of the vulnerable victims of the war in Syria

Arab pop music meets 80s video game aesthetics in Moath Bin Hafez’s pixel art creations

Parkview Square from Arab Street

The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine

Intaglio Seal with Footprints of the Buddha (Buddhapada)

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Reliquary

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Dipankara Jataka (The Story of the Ascetic Megha and the Buddha Dipankara)

Iskandarnama (Book of Alexander)

Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu

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Monumental Bodhisattva Head

Reliquary

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Plaque in the Form of a Female Figure (Study Collection)

Standing Female Deity

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Plaque in the Form of a Female Figure (Study Collection)

"Krishna and Balarma Fighting the Enemy", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))

Plaque in the Form of a Female Figure (Study Collection)

Head of the Fasting Siddhartha

Dish with Busts of a Man and Woman

Reliquary with Ancient Repairs

Meditating Buddha Attended by Two Bodhisattvas

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Procession of Five Figures

The Ramaka Casket; Inscribed Reliquary, Donated by Ramaka

Wrestler's Weight with Hercules and the Nemean Lion; Wrestling Scene (reverse)

Dish with the Drunken Hercules Supported by Two Women and Flanked by a Lion

Garuda Vanquishing the Naga Clan

Panel of a Portable Shrine

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Torso of a Bodhisattva

Head of a Bodhisattva

Vajrapani Attends the Buddha at His First Sermon

Dish with Eros on a Swan

Reliquary with Contents

The Dream of Queen Maya (the Buddha's Conception)

Plaque in the Form of a Female Figure (Study Collection)

Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya (Buddha of the Future)

Reliquary

Vajradharma Lokeshvara

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Fasting Buddha Shakyamuni

Standing Bodhisattva, probably Maitryeya (Buddha of the Future)

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Relief Panel: Presentation of a Statue

Dish with Winged Eros Riding a Lion-Headed Sea Monster

Vairochana, the Transcendent Buddha of the Center

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Garland Holder with a Winged Celestial

Reliquary in the Shape of a Stupa

Disk Stone with a Four-Part Design of Palmettes and Branches

Pair of Ear Plugs with Hamsas (Wild Geese)

Mirror Handle with a Woman Holding a Mirror

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The Gift of Anathapindada

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Seated Bodhisattva

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Seal with an Ox

Seated Mother Goddess

"Krishna Holds Up Mount Govardhan to Shelter the Villagers of Braj", Folio from a Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari (Krishna))

Dish with a Mythological Couple (Perhaps Apollo and Daphne)

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Standing Bodhisattva

Box Lid with a Bull

Buddha

Tara

Plaque in the Form of a Standing Female Figure

Shard with Figural Decoration