Substrate

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

965 works match

Gem Fletcher and Ken Hermann shoot death-defying Indian tradition The Well of Death

Exhibition Design: Plaid transform The British Library into Mughal India

Photographer Anu Kumar on reconnecting with her Indian heritage, failing exams and recipes for weddings

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

New Norse: We track down three Nordic design studios doing things differently

The View From Mumbai: the Indian photographers taking back control through self-publishing

Kin Coedel photographs tranquil moments of everyday life in Tibet

Inspired by Tibetan Buddhist thangkas, Mellow Meadow’s hypnotic and swirling depictions explore motherhood and nature

Mahesh Shantaram presents a look beneath the glossy veneer of Indian weddings

Dishoom collaborates with illustrator Manjit Thapp on T-shirts memorialising iconic Indian women

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Moksha captures the diversity of religious rituals across India

From Seoul to Chennai, London and back to Seoul again: Joonho Ko explains how travel has aided his illustrative practice

Khichdi (Kitchari) brings together 846 photographs of India, and its people, taken over ten years

Alex De Mora documents the key characters of Mongolia’s booming hip-hop scene

Votive Plaque

Votive Plaque

Votive Plaque

Votive Plaque with White Taras

Votive Plaque with White Taras

Votive Plaque with White Taras

Votive Plaques with White Taras

Votive Plaque with Seated Buddhas

Shard

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

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

Reliquary with Contents

Mirror Handle: Standing Woman

Tara

Shard

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

Head of a Bodhisattva

Fasting Buddha Shakyamuni

Reliquary with Contents

Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu

Standing Bodhisattva, probably Maitryeya (Buddha of the Future)

Meditating Buddha Attended by Two Bodhisattvas

Shard

Intaglio Seal with Footprints of the Buddha (Buddhapada)

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

Relief Panel: Presentation of a Statue

Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya (Buddha of the Future)

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

Garuda Vanquishing the Naga Clan

Standing Buddha

Shard

Vajrapani Attends the Buddha at His First Sermon

Dish with Eros on a Swan

Shard

Vairochana, the Transcendent Buddha of the Center

Box Lid with a Bull

Shard

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

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

Shard

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

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

Reliquary in the Shape of a Stupa

Torso of a Bodhisattva

Shard

Plaque in the Form of a Standing Female Figure

Shard

Buddha

Shard

Monumental Bodhisattva Head

Shard

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

Mold for a Buddha's Head

Shard with Figural Decoration

Ritual Incense Burner

Seal with an Ox

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

Reliquary

Two Standing Women

Dish with Apollo and Daphne

Procession of Five Figures

Seated Buddha

Standing Buddha with Radiate Combined Halo