Intricate Collection (page 6)

Close up of the main dome of the Jain Temple, 1437 AD, Ranakpur, Rajasthan State, India, Asia

Keshava Temple dedicated to Vishnu, dating from 1268AD in late Hoysala style, Somnathpur, Karnataka state, India, Asia

Sacred bull statue and garlands, Varanasi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh State, India, Asia

River Danube and Parliament building, Budapest, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hungary, Europe

Detail of town hall, Tubingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, Europe

The Cathedral (Dom) and River Rhine, Cologne (Koln), North Rhine Westphalia, (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Germany, Europe

Strasbourg Cathedral, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin department, Alsace, France, Europe

Hotel Hermitage, Monte Carlo, Monaco, Europe

Houses of Parliament (Palace of Westminster), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Westminster Bridge and River Thames, London, England, UK, Europe

Big Ben and Union Jack flag, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London, England, UK, Europe

Blackpool tower and pier, Lancashire, England, UK, Europe

Pershore Abbey and Parish church, Pershore, Hereford & Worcester, England, UK, Europe

Ornate gilt gate of All Souls College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Kew Palace and Gardens, London, England, UK

The West Front of the Cathedral, in late autumn sun, Wells, Somerset, England, UK

Kings College with bicycles in the foreground, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

The Great Court, Trinity College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Washing line of colourful laundry in Old Town Buzet, hilltop village, Buzet, Istria, Croatia, Europe

Architectural detail, Forbidden City (Palace Museum), Beijing, China, Asia

Kuanyin, the Goddess of Mercy, Temple Garden in Repulse Bay, Hong Kong, China

Golden roof of Jokhang temple, main centre of Tibetan Buddhism, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

Portrait of Beijing opera performer in costume, Beijing, China, Asia

Stupa of Sihanouks daughter, Royal Palace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Golden dome of the Shwedagon Paya (Shwe Dagon Pagoda) at dusk, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Cathedral, Ilheus, Bahia, Brazil

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Spandrils of arches from various parts of the Alhambra

Owen Jones Title Page
Decorative gothic-style title page, echoing the style of medieval illuminated manuscripts

Illumination from the MacDumon Gospel
An illumination from the MacDurnon Gospel, an Irish medieval manuscript

Traditional panel, Lisbon, Portugal (ceramic tiles)
1126727 Traditional panel, Lisbon, Portugal (ceramic tiles); Lisbon, Portugal; (add.info.: Azulejo is a form of Portuguese or Spanish painted, tin-glazed, ceramic tilework)

Decoration awarded to Elias Ashmole, 17th century (gold)
AMO367641 Decoration awarded to Elias Ashmole, 17th century (gold); Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Elias Ashmole (1617-92) celebrated English antiquary, politician

Manchu lady's robe, mid 19th century (satin)
829562 Manchu lady's robe, mid 19th century (satin); Private Collection; (add.info.: Unlined, embroidered with peonie roundels in floss silks and peking knot, with deep)

Holy Gates from the first half of the eighteenth century, Museum inventory number 1824...1911
Holy Gates from the first half of the eighteenth century, Museum inventory number 1824, Rostov Museum, Rostov Velikii, 1911.

Holy Gates from the second half of the eighteenth century with carved images of the Mother..., 1911
Holy Gates from the second half of the eighteenth century with carved images of the Mother of God and the Twelve Apostles, Museum inventory number 8875, Rostov museum, Rostov Velikii, 1911.

Carved wooden Holy Gates from the seventeenth century in the Rostov museum, Rostov Velikii, 1911.

Entrance into the Church of Saint John the Precursor, from the gallery..., Yaroslavl, 1911
Entrance into the Church of Saint John the Precursor, from the gallery (church porch), Yaroslavl, 1911.

Miter of pearls, vestry of the Ipatievsky Monastery, Kostroma, 1911. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Miter of pearls, vestry of the Ipatievsky Monastery, Kostroma, 1911.

The end of the nakosnik of the wife of Stepan Suturov from Nalimka, 1920. Creator: A. G. Vargin
The end of the nakosnik of the wife of Stepan Suturov from Nalimka, 1920. V. I. Surikov Museum of Art in Krasnoiarsk

Jewelry made from beaded ribbon with a cross (Stepan Suturov's wife), Selkups, 1920. Creator: A. G. Vargin
Jewelry made from beaded ribbon with a cross (Stepan Suturov's wife), Selkups, 1920. V. I. Surikov Museum of Art in Krasnoiarsk

Phelonion [vestment]. From the time of Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich. In the vestry of the Assumption Cathedral. Rostov Velikii, 1911.

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