Greco Bactrian

The reconfiguration of the deity's image follows in a two thousand year old tradition of mimesis starting with Greco-Bactrian art and continuing today with each new technological adv...

After the conquests of Alexander the Great, the creation of Greco-Bactrian kingdoms, and the general Hellenization of the subcontinent, Western aesthetics became prominent.

A rare Greco-Bactrian alabaster carving of a Hippocampus (Hippocamp) from antiquity, Central Asia or Afghanistan, circa 200 BCE.

A simply gorgeous stucco head of a Bodhisattva from the ancient Greco-Bactrian kingdom of Gandhara, dating to between the 3rd and 5th century.

As one of the last remnants of Alexander the Great's empire, Hellenistic and Greco Roman culture mixed freely with the indigenous culture, creating the Greco-Bactrian kingdom in whic...

The origins of Greco-Buddhist art are to be found in the Hellenistic Greco-Bactrian kingdom (250 BCE- 130 BCE), located in today’s Afghanistan, from which Hellenistic culture radia...

The origins of Greco-Buddhist art are to be found in the Hellenistic Greco-Bactrian kingdom (250 BCE- 130 BCE), located in today’s Afghanistan, from which Hellenistic culture radia...

The origins of Greco-Buddhist art are to be found in the Hellenistic Greco-Bactrian kingdom (250 BCE- 130 BCE), located in today’s Afghanistan, from which Hellenistic culture radia...

The reconfiguration of the deity's image follows in a two thousand year old tradition of mimesis starting with Greco-Bactrian art and continuing today with each new technological adv...