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Ancient Orient Museum
Archaeology museum in Tokyo, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ancient Orient Museum (Japanese: 古代オリエント博物館, Hepburn: Kodai Oriento Hakubutsukan) is a private museum in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in artifacts of the ancient Near East and Central Asia.[1][2] Its permanent exhibit features a collection of Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, and several works of art pertaining to the art of ancient Palmyra and Persia.[3][4]
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Location
The museum is located in the Sunshine City complex in Ikebukuro, on the 7th floor of the Cultural Center (文化会館).[5]
History
The Ancient Orient Museum was opened on 5 October 1978.[6]
Gallery
- Gandhara stone palette
- Fragment of a Gandhara stone palette
- Gandhara Poseidon
- Gandhara Triton
- Aphrodite at her bath
- Indo-Greek festivities
- Indo-Parthian king and attendants
- Indo-Greek drinking party
- Indo-Parthian man hunting
- Indo-Parthian revelers
- Indo-Parthian couple
- Coin of Cleopatra VII
- Coin of Huvishka
- Female figurine, Syria, 5000 BCE
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