9th Century Collection (page 7)

Ballplayer Figure in Costume (image 2 of 2), between 550 and 850. Creator: Unknown
Ballplayer Figure in Costume (image 2 of 2), between 550 and 850

Standing Figure, A.D. 600-900. Creator: Unknown
Standing Figure, A.D. 600-900

Jaguar, c.A.D. 800. Creator: Unknown
Jaguar, c.A.D. 800

Standing Female Figure with Earspools (image 4 of 5), between 800 and 1000. Creator: Unknown
Standing Female Figure with Earspools (image 4 of 5), between 800 and 1000

Hacha in the Form of a Skull, between 700 and 900. Creator: Unknown
Hacha in the Form of a Skull, between 700 and 900

Standing Male Figure, between 600 and 900. Creator: Unknown
Standing Male Figure, between 600 and 900

Ballplayer Figure, between 600 and 900. Creator: Unknown
Ballplayer Figure, between 600 and 900

Palma, between 600 and 900. Creator: Unknown
Palma, between 600 and 900

Skull Hacha, between 600 and 900. Creator: Unknown
Skull Hacha, between 600 and 900

Yoke, between 600 and 900. Creator: Unknown
Yoke, between 600 and 900

Palma in the Form of an Owl's Head, between 600 and 900. Creator: Unknown
Palma in the Form of an Owl's Head, between 600 and 900

Seated Figure Wearing Serpent Mask, A.D. 550-900. Creator: Unknown
Seated Figure Wearing Serpent Mask, A.D. 550-900

Monkey, 500 B.C.-A.D. 1000. Creator: Unknown
Monkey, 500 B.C.-A.D. 1000

Standing Female Figure, 500 B.C.-A.D. 1000. Creator: Unknown
Standing Female Figure, 500 B.C.-A.D. 1000

Standing Male Figure (image 1 of 2), 500 B.C.-A.D. 1000. Creator: Unknown
Standing Male Figure (image 1 of 2), 500 B.C.-A.D. 1000

The Infant Buddha Shakyamuni, Kashmir region, c.800. Creator: Unknown
The Infant Buddha Shakyamuni, Kashmir region, c.800

Toad Ocarina, between c.700 and c.900 AD. Creator: Unknown
Toad Ocarina, between c.700 and c.900 AD

Boudewijn Von Kleve Teisterbant, c.1600-c.1625. Creator: Nicolaes de Kemp
Boudewijn Von Kleve Teisterbant, c.1600-c.1625. Count Boudewijn van Kleef and Teisterbant with the coat of arms of Kleef. From an illustrated manuscript with the genealogy of the lords

Willem met De Hoorn, Count of Orange, fights the Moors, 1827-1861. Creator: Dominicus Anthonius Peduzzi
Willem met De Hoorn, Count of Orange, fights the Moors, 1827-1861. Willem, first count of Orange, rescues his four stolen children from the hands of the Moors, in the year 806

Relics from the Buried City of Brahmunabad, in Sind - Chessmen, Portion of Chess-board... 1857. Creator: Unknown
Relics from the Buried City of Brahmunabad, in Sind - Chessmen, Portion of Chess-board, Dice, etc, 1857. 8th- or 9th-century objects excavated at his own expense by Mr. A. F

Relics from the Buried City of Brahmunabad, in Sind - Pottery, Fragments of Mills, etc, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Relics from the Buried City of Brahmunabad, in Sind - Pottery, Fragments of Mills, etc, 1857. 8th- or 9th-century objects excavated at his own expense by Mr. A. F

Relics from the Buried City of Brahmunabad, in Sind - Pottery, Ironwork, Glass, etc, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Relics from the Buried City of Brahmunabad, in Sind - Pottery, Ironwork, Glass, etc, 1857. 8th- or 9th-century objects excavated at his own expense by Mr. A. F

La Zaouia du Moulay Idriss; Afrique du nord, 1914. Creator: Jules Gervais-Courtellemont
La Zaouia du Moulay Idriss; Afrique du nord, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

Madonna and Child with a Saint, between 700 and 900. Creator: Coptic School
Madonna and Child with a Saint, between 700 and 900

The Poet Fun'ya no Yasuhide, from the series "Modern Children as the Six Immortal... c. 1804/05
The Poet Fun'ya no Yasuhide, from the series "Modern Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Tosei kodomo rokkasen)", Japan, c. 1804/05

The Poet Otomo no Kuronushi, from the series "Modern Children as the Six Immortal... c. 1804/05
The Poet Otomo no Kuronushi, from the series "Modern Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Tosei kodomo rokkasen)", Japan, c. 1804/05

The Poet Sojo Henjo, from the series "Modern Children as the Six Immortal Poets... c. 1804/05
The Poet Sojo Henjo, from the series "Modern Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Tosei kodomo rokkasen)", Japan, c. 1804/05

Sojo Henjo, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu... c. 1814/17)
Sojo Henjo, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)", Japan, c. 1814/17

Ariwara no Narihira, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets... c. 1814/17
Ariwara no Narihira, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)", Japan, c. 1814/17

Bunya no Yasuhide, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets... c. 1814/17
Bunya no Yasuhide, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)", Japan, c. 1814/17

Ono no Komachi, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu... c.1814/17)
Ono no Komachi, from the series "Fashionable Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Furyu kodakara rokkasen)", Japan, c. 1814/17

The Minister Toru (Toru no Otodo), from the series "Mirrors of Japanese and Chinese... c. 1833/34
The Minister Toru (Toru no Otodo), from the series "Mirrors of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashinkyo)", Japan, c. 1833/34

Poem by Sarumaru Dayu, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse... c. 1835/36. Creator: Hokusai
Poem by Sarumaru Dayu, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)", Japan, c. 1835/36

U: Narihira Presents a Chancellor with a Model of a Pheasant, from the series "Tales... c. 1772/73
U: Narihira Presents a Chancellor with a Model of a Pheasant, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)", Japan, c. 1772/73

Ra: Narihira Requests a Painting from a Former Lover, from the series "Tales of Ise in... c1772/73
Ra: Narihira Requests a Painting from a Former Lover, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)", Japan, c. 1772/73

Tsu: Narihira in the Snow at Ono, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable... c. 1772/73. Creator: Shunsho
Tsu: Narihira in the Snow at Ono, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)", Japan, c. 1772/73

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as the Thunder God, an Incarnation of Kan Shojo, in the Play... c.1780. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as the Thunder God, an Incarnation of Kan Shojo, in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Third Month, 1780, Japan, c. 1780

U: Narihira Presents a Chancellor with a Model of a Pheasant, from the series "Tales... c. 1772/73
U: Narihira Presents a Chancellor with a Model of a Pheasant, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)", Japan, c. 1772/73

Ra: Narihira Requests a Painting from a Former Lover, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)", Japan, c. 1772/73

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Kan Shojo in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami... c. 1768. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Kan Shojo in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eighth Month, 1768, Japan, c. 1768

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Otomo no Kuronushi in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki... c. 1776. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Otomo no Kuronushi in the Play Sugata no Hana Yuki no Kuronushi, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1776, Japan, c. 1776

Ono no Komachi, from the series A Collection of Fashionable Beauties of Japan (Wakoku... n.d. Creator: Torii Kiyonaga)
Ono no Komachi, from the series A Collection of Fashionable Beauties of Japan (Wakoku bijin ryaku shu), Edo period (1615-1868), n.d

Bai Juyi (Japanese: Hakurakuten), from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and... c. 1833/34. Creator: Hokusai
Bai Juyi (Japanese: Hakurakuten), from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)", Japan, c. 1833/34

Borro Boedoor, 1845. Creator: William Purser
Borro Boedoor, 1845. View of Borobudur, a Mahayana Buddhist temple in central Java, Indonesia. Dating from the 9th century, it is the world's largest Buddhist temple

King Alfred, 1890. Creator: Unknown
King Alfred, 1890. Alfred the Great (c847-899) King of Wessex from 871-c886 and King of the Anglo-Saxons from c886-899. He won a decisive victory in the Battle of Edington in 878

Map of the Byzantine Empire in the Ninth Century, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Map of the Byzantine Empire in the Ninth Century, 1890. The Byzantine Empire underwent a revival under Macedonian emperors from Basil I (867-886) in late 9th, 10th, and early 11th centuries

The Ceremony of Feudal Service, (c9th-10th century), 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Ceremony of Feudal Service, (c9th-10th century), 1890. Formal ceremony during Early Medieval period to create a bond between a lord and his fighting man, or vassal

Viking sword with silver and gold hilt, 8th-11th century
Viking sword with silver and gold hilt, from Dyback, Skane. One of the finest swords of the Viking Age found in Scandinavia

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The 9th century was a time of great cultural and historical significance, as depicted in various artworks and landmarks around the world. The Book of Kells illustration of St. Matthew showcases the intricate craftsmanship and devotion to religious art during this period. Meanwhile, the Map of the Byzantine Empire in the 9th Century reveals the vast extent and influence of this powerful civilization. In contrast, a Viking ship at sea symbolizes exploration and conquest during this era, highlighting their seafaring prowess. As dawn breaks over Borobudur in Central Java, Indonesia, a Buddha Statue with Dharmachakra Mudra reminds us of the spread of Buddhism across Asia. Prague Castle stands proudly on the banks of Vltava River at dusk—a UNESCO World Heritage Site that has witnessed centuries of history unfold within its walls since it first emerged in the 9th century. Similarly, Monasterboise's High Cross in County Louth, Ireland serves as an enduring testament to early Christian heritage. Leeds Castle tells another tale altogether—it began as a royal castle in the 9th century before being rebuilt by Normans—showcasing architectural evolution throughout history. The Evangelical Symbols from 800 AD further exemplify how religious iconography played a significant role during this time. Quoniam—the opening words from St Luke's Gospel found within the Book of Kells—remind us that literature also thrived during this era with meticulous attention to detail and artistic expression. Lastly, Prambanan Temple (Candi Rara Jonggrang) represents Hindu-Buddhist influences prevalent in Southeast Asia during this period. From castles to temples, illuminated manuscripts to maps—the diverse range of artifacts from different corners of our world provides glimpses into life during one remarkable century.