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| c. 100 |
| | | A naturalistic style of Buddhist sculpture develops in the Gandhara region, part of modern Pakistan | |
|  | Gandhara sculpture
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| c. 100 |
| | | Sculptors in the Roman empire develop the most brutally realistic convention in the history of portraiture | |
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| c. 165 |
| | | The bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, on the Capitol in Rome, begins a long European tradition of public sculpture | |
|  | Marcus Aurelius, equestrian statue, 2nd century AD
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| c. 230 |
| | | Ardashir, the Persian king, commissions a relief of himself in triumphant mood - carved high on a rock face at Naqsh-e Rustam | |
|  | Naqsh-e-Rustam
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| c. 500 |
| | | Small ivory panels, with Gospel scenes carved in relief, provide a delicate beginning to the story of Christian sculpture | |
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| c. 500 |
| | | A phallic figure, the Cerne Giant, is cut on a Dorset hillside at Cerne Abbas | |
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| c. 550 |
| | | Caves along the Silk Road are decorated with a profusion of carvings in the traditions of Mahayana Buddhism | |
|  | Bamiyan
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| c. 1000 |
| | | Buddhist, Hindu and Jain shrines are carved from the rock in the cave temples of Ellora, in India | |
|  | Ellora, courtyard
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| c. 1000? |
| | | The huge stone heads standing on Easter Island are carved and erected at some time between the sixth and seventeenth century AD | |
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| c. 1000 |
| | | Lively and often fantastic figures, cunningly fitted around the capitals of columns, show the vigour of Romanesque sculpture | |
|  | Carved stone monster
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