The Ancient Orient Museum (古代オリエント博物館 Kodai Oriento Hakubutsukan) is a small private museum in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in artifacts of the ancient Near East and Central Asia. It has a collection of Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, and several pieces pertaining to the art of Palmyra and Persia.
The Museum is located in the Sunshine City complex in Ikebukuro, at the 7th floor of the Cultural Center (文化会館), and the entrance fee is 900 yen.
Gandhara stone palette
Gandhara Poseidon
Gandhara Triton
Aphrodite at her bath
Coin of Cleopatra VII
Coin of Huvishka
Coordinates: 35°43′43″N 139°43′15″E / 35.728534°N 139.720785°E
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