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Painting
Eastern Art (Or2004.211.replica)
Painting on pith paper, two boys with red bat and grey fish on sticks, blue braid surround
Painting
Eastern Art (Or2004.211)
Painting on pith paper, two boys with red bat and grey fish on sticks, blue braid surround
painting
Eastern Art (00233TEA)
Chinese painting on pith paper. Seated woman with maid bringing tea.
Painting
Eastern Art (Or2004.232)
Painting on paper. Celebratory procession of officials. three in blue carry poles from which are suspended strings of lanterns with red braid. Followed by ten musicians in red robes with square rank badges and four young boys carrying a drum and a gong suspended on a pole with a dragon's head. Followed by 8 officials in plain blue robes carrying four spherical white lanterns with the character for happiness in red and four red and green octagonal (?) lanterns.
Painting
Eastern Art (Or2004.233)
Painting on paper. Procession. 8 musicians lead wearing official red robes with square rank badges, black hats with blue inside rims and red cord tops, playing flutes, sheng, small cymbal set and stringed instruments. Followed by official in black robe on piebald horse, man in green carrying chicken, canopy carrier, lantern carriers, then group of men in blue robes carrying a float adorned with phoenixes, lanterns, tassels, dolls, paintings and elephant heads. Small children with lances and other weapons and man with 2 large containers suspended from a pole bring up the rear.
painting
Eastern Art (00249TEA)
Chinese Gongbi colourful figure painting on silk, one of a set of 12. The 2 men with a rock, Shi Yong (石勇) and Lei Heng (雷横) are two figures of Shui Hu Zhuan, a famous novel of Ming Dynasty, one of the Chinese four great classical novels. Note by JY: According to the art style, this painting could be painted by the artist of 00244TEA.
figure
Eastern Art (Ea6512)
Figure of samurai, standing, arms raised. Various materials: woven fabric on plastered wood. Wears campaign jacket, baggy trousers & leggings, 2 swords, part of armour.
palm leaves
Eastern Art (E1951.1)
7 imperforate strips of palm leaf, very sketchily incised (? not writing). "Cingalese method of writing presented by E. Pereira, Esq., 1868".
palm leaf
Eastern Art (E1951.2)
Short piece of palm leaf with script and pencil inscription in copperplate: "Mooney the agent of the Steamer is called to the Court". "Cingalese method of writing presented by E. Pereira, Esq., 1868".
scroll
Eastern Art (00350TEA)
Scroll (on cotton) Chinese calligraphy. Characters read 'Truth, Virtue & Beauty'.
calligraphy scroll
Eastern Art (00355TEA)
Calligraphy scroll on a poem of Su Dongpo [A Song dynasty poet].
plate
Eastern Art (Or2004.025)
Famille Verte palette with enamels over the glaze. Central design of vase of flowers with blue band, with books and scrolls and a ruyi sceptre with string of pom-poms attached, surrounded by one double ring of red and one double ring of black and red. On rim, four designs of books with fly whisks and ruyi sceptres with strings of pom-poms. On reverse, underglaze blue square seal within double ring.
plate
Eastern Art (Or2004.026)
Famille Verte palette with enamels over the glaze. Central design of vase of flowers with books and scrolls and a ruyi sceptre with string of pom-poms attached, surrounded by one double ring of red and one double ring of black and red. On rim, four designs of books with fly whisks and ruyi sceptres with strings of pom-poms. On reverse, underglaze blue square seal within double ring.
dish
Eastern Art (Or2004.013)
Famille verte with enamels over the glaze, central design of two women in a garden one pointing up to a gentleman playing a zither (qin) within a house, steps leading down to garden where there is large green rock with holes, in centre and partially hidden by house, garden fence in front of rock. Sun or moon in sky, on the left an artemisia leaf and a square seal with signature. Broad band at rim with two cartouches on opposite sides reversed out of green background in shapes of Buddha's hand citron with flowers within, four other fruit or leaf shaped cartouches with flowers within, background decorated with flowers and large moths or butterflies.
plate
Eastern Art (Or2004.072)
Famille rose palette with enamels over the glaze in blue, three pinks, brown, yellow and traces of gilding. Design of partially unrolled scroll on which is depicted peonies, a rock and bamboo on a white ground. The reverse side of the 'scroll', visible at each end, is a diaper pattern of pink squares. Surrounding the scroll shape is a ground with tight brown scrolls and flowers. Cloud-shaped cartouches, top and bottom, contain scholars' objects.
plate
Eastern Art (Or2004.139)
Imari palette with gilding. Three figures cutting blossom from a tree. Cross-beam fence in background.
plate
Eastern Art (Or2004.073)
Famille rose palette with enamels over the glaze in blue, three pinks, brown, yellow and traces of gilding. Design of partially unrolled scroll on which is depicted peonies, a rock and bamboo on a white ground. The reverse side of the 'scroll', visible at each end, is a diaper pattern of pink squares. Surrounding the scroll shape is a ground with tight brown scrolls and flowers. Cloud-shaped cartouches, top and bottom, contain scholars' objects.
plate
Eastern Art (Or2004.074)
Famille rose palette with enamels over the glaze in blue, three pinks, brown, yellow and traces of gilding. Design of partially unrolled scroll on which is depicted peonies, a rock and bamboo on a white ground. The reverse side of the 'scroll', visible at each end, is a diaper pattern of pink squares. Surrounding the scroll shape is a ground with tight brown scrolls and flowers. Cloud-shaped cartouches, top and bottom, contain scholars' objects.
plate
Eastern Art (Or2004.075)
Famille rose palette with enamels over the glaze in blue, three pinks, brown, yellow and traces of gilding. Design of partially unrolled scroll on which is depicted peonies, a rock and bamboo on a white ground. The reverse side of the 'scroll', visible at each end, is a diaper pattern of pink squares. Surrounding the scroll shape is a ground with tight brown scrolls and flowers. Cloud-shaped cartouches, top and bottom, contain scholars' objects.
plate
Eastern Art (Or2004.077)
Octagonal plate in famille rose palette with overglaze enamels in black, orange, blue, pink, cream, ruby pink and gilding. Finely painted. Central motif of two cockerels, one sitting on a rock the other on the ground, flowering branches, lingzhi fungus and a butterfly, all encircled with a thin black band. Rim has continuous bamboo (?) pole enlaced with flowers.
dish
Eastern Art (Or2004.137)
Imari palette with gilding. Three figures cutting blossom from a tree. Cross-beam fence in background.
plate
Eastern Art (Or2004.076)
Famille rose palette with enamels over the glaze in blue, three pinks, brown, yellow and traces of gilding. Design of partially unrolled scroll on which is depicted peonies, a rock and bamboo on a white ground. The reverse side of the 'scroll', visible at each end, is a diaper pattern of pink squares. Surrounding the scroll shape is a ground with tight brown scrolls and flowers. Cloud-shaped cartouches, top and bottom, contain scholars' objects.
plate
Eastern Art (Or2004.078)
Octagonal plate in famille rose palette with overglaze enamels in black, orange, blue, pink, cream, ruby pink and gilding. Finely painted. Central motif of two cockerels, one sitting on a rock the other on the ground, flowering branches, lingzhi fungus and a butterfly, all encircled with a thin black band. Rim has continuous bamboo (?) pole enlaced with flowers.
Finch 212
Eastern Art (Finch 212)
sherd
Eastern Art (00383TEA)
Sherd, fragment of a star tile, composite paste, cobalt blue glaze with gilt flower in red enamel outline; Iran, 14th century. Is marked 11A Lhs 12-10.
Or1986/08/10
Eastern Art (Or1986/08/10)
Prayer wheel
Eastern Art (Ln 1982/05)
Prayer wheel, copper drum with brass fly-weight and bamboo handle. Tibetan, probably 20th century
Vajra / dorje
Eastern Art (Ln 1982/06)
Vajra / dorje (religious item). Brass, cast, with axial mould joins and some filing. Tibetan, probably 20th century
shrine
Eastern Art (N6063)
shrine in form of Sutra cabinet,ivory,of Kannon or Amida + 2 attendants,Rh door loose & was in 1960,sgd.Chuzan
scarf
Eastern Art (Or1983.08.03)
Rectangle of cotton gauze, green/purple, hemmed on 3 sides. Edge stripes of gold gauze, and 1 band of chevron-pattern gold 6.5 cm from each end.
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