Eastern Art (Or1991.16)

Bottle, biconical body, flared mouth, low ft-O, stoneware, incised scroll under celadon glaze, gloss on ft & lower body.

Eastern Art (Or1991.17)

Bottle, spheroid body, flared mouth, flat ft; stoneware; incised lotuses under brown & cream glazes.

Eastern Art (Or1991.18)

Sherd, lip & wall of (?) saggar, coarse red/grey stoneware, + white & black inclusions.

Eastern Art (Or1991.19)

Sherd, lip of bowl, grey stoneware, 3 black lines on white slip under clear greenish glaze.

Eastern Art (Or1991.20)

Sherd, wall of vessel, grey stoneware, white slip inside & out.

Eastern Art (Or1991.21)

Sherd, wall of vessel, grey stoneware + white & black inclusions, 2 grey & 1 black lines on white slip under clear greenish glaze. Firecrack on back.

Eastern Art (Or1991.22)

Sherd, wall of vessel, grey stoneware + white & black inclusions, 3 black lines on white slip under clear greenish glaze.

Eastern Art (Or1991.23)

Sherd, wall of vessel, grey stoneware + white & black inclusions, 3 black lines on cream slip under clear glaze.

Eastern Art (Or1991.24)

Sherd, wall of vessel, grey stoneware + white & black inclusions, 1 brown line on cream slip under clear glaze.

Eastern Art (E1951.3(?))

3 page manuscript with description of use of Talipot tree.

Eastern Art (E268)

Japanese lady's pillow & toilet requisites. Made nr. Mizanoshita.

Eastern Art (E359)

Tall red earthenware vase, with white slipware decoration. Covered in honey glaze. Damaged.

Eastern Art (E1866)

Katar, Indian thrusting dagger with double egde, grooved blade and swollen point. Iron hilt with gold overlay, slightly worn but especially on blade mounts. Octagonal grip bars that enlarge in the centre.

Eastern Art (E1955)

Musical instrument no card.

Eastern Art (E1988)

Bichwa, Indian foot dagger with recuvring blade. Iron grip with chiseled flora decoration. Damaged leather sheath.

Eastern Art (E2147.03)

Calligraphy, practice. Islamic.

Eastern Art (E1867)

T section steel blade with reverse curve, single edge blade, some decoration on top of the t section. The hilt is of possible ivory (walrus) (Persian, Shirmani) which is riveted onto the tang. The tang is gilded with gold flowers and a small loop at the end. The scabbard is of leather with a cober or bronze mount which was probably originally gilded. Function: the Pesh-Kabz is intended for forcing an opening in mail.

Eastern Art (E1869)

Katar, or Indian thrusting dagger broad triangular blade with midrib. Sqaurish frame blade with two cross bars. Iron with inlaid pattern of possibly gold. Sheath is cardboard covered with red velvet and yellow stitching. Ornamental brass tip. Old card states handle broken off.

Eastern Art (E4093)

Jacket, assemblage of different fabrics: collarless, slit-sleeved. Sleeves and front skirt of blue satin with brocade-woven miir-i-botehs in salmon and gold. Two side-slits. Sleeves lined with brown taffeta. Bodice of soft cotton, salmon and lime green miir-i-botehs in blue. Brocade edging. Lined with printed cotton, flowers on brown, backed with blue-ground floral print cotton.

Eastern Art (E4095)

4 strips of open-weave white cotton sewn together into rectangle, bearing alternate tulips and florets embroidered in polychrome silk; mounted on scarlet cotton edged with polychrome silk chain-stitch and blue-black cotton woven with white diagonal stripes. 1801-1900 or earlier

Eastern Art (E4097)

Face veil, Robunda, rectangle of white cotton; with white silk geometric embroidery, some openwork including eye-slit. No selvedges. "Said to have belonged to Shah Absr i Din's mother, Teheran".

Eastern Art (E4098)

Cover of two pieces of embroidery. Border pattern in polychrome, much faded on black cotton and turquoise linen backing.

Eastern Art (E4100)

Cover, of blue silk brocaded with miir-i botehs in predominantly salmon and green and metal thread, bird and flower border. Backed with plain red cotton, blue silk border.

Eastern Art (E4101)

Cover of drawn or pulled threadwork in cotton embroidered in predominantly blue and red silk floral medallions. Backed with plain cotton, bordered in silk (ikat).

Eastern Art (E4103)

"Persian Pulak silk embroidery ... bought by EGT at Kerman, 1903". Rectangle of salmon silk embroidery with polychrome miir-i botehs outlined with sequins, on ground of floral sprays; covered with white fabric net embroidered with white cotton florets; backed on brown cotton with border of diagonally-striped cotton weave.

Eastern Art (E4110)

Prayer mat, embroidered silk

Eastern Art (E4111)

Face veil (Robunda)

Eastern Art (E4112)

Square of fine uncoloured cotton, folded diagonally and ends twisted as if by tying as a headscarf. Forms a triangle 24" x 24" x 36" approx.

Eastern Art (E4113)

"Trousers of Persian woman's (illegible 2 words ?? wedding) dress bought at Shiraz 1897/8". Pair of trousers and stockings in purple taffeta, blue and white drawstring at waist, diamond-shaped aperture in crutch.

Eastern Art (E4115)

Purple silk shawl with black fringe, yellow and green woven band at each end. Label reads: "Upper shawl worn by Parsee women at Yezd. This particular colour called 'Shadow of the Mountains' is reserved for the priests' wives. Bought at Yezd by E. G. Tanner."

Eastern Art (E4118)

Pair of slippers, leather, plain soles, green lining and uppers, heel consisting of T-shaped strip of iron, bar vertical. Ovoid body and triangular heel. Toes turned up. Tanner 1906: "Persian woman's shoes".

Eastern Art (E4125)

Pair of embroidered boots, fine white leather patchwork, emerald green morocco soles, uppers embroidered in polychrome wool, with red flowers on blue ground, on woven base.

Eastern Art (E4127)

Woman's coat, inner robe of uncoloured linen woven with alternating one broad/five narrow vertical stripes of cream silk; one pocket; white cotton lining; sleeve cuffs lined with pink silk damask woven with florets.

Eastern Art (N8137."19")

Lamp, spouted, green-blue glaze.

Eastern Art (E4129)

Rectangle and "U" shaped indentation and strings. Cotton gauze. Floral decoration below neck in silver tinsel: pomegranate. Label reads: "Chimisette belonging to Baghdad lady's dress. Bought by E. G. Tanner at Baghdad, 1898"

Eastern Art (E4130)

Garment (woman's)

Eastern Art (E4170)

Hand Covering, ?head. Triangle of cotton, yellow, pink and beige silk embroidery of rectangularised flowers.

Eastern Art (E4172)

Woman's tunic, light green silk, woven gold floral scrolls.

Eastern Art (N9024.01)

Paintings, opaque colours on mica, one of a set of 12. 1: Vishnu man-lion killing blue King; 10: Originally mounted on thin paper in green covered book, removed from book for preservation, book in solander box, paintings can be slotted back in for display.

Eastern Art (N9024.02)

Paintings, opaque colours on mica, one of a set of 12. 2: Vishnu. Originally mounted on thin paper in green covered book, removed from book for preservation, book in solander box, paintings can be slotted back in for display.