Ancient Orient Museum
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.jpg){kind=spacer} The Ancient Orient Museum is located on the 7th floor of Sunshine City, Tokyo | |
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| Location | Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan |
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| Type | Archaeology museum |
| Website | aom-tokyo.com |
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]
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
